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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-25
OF BOIL
 WEEVIL HANDLED

-.-Jnte Ne, Ark, June 24-Delegates to the National Cotton congress devoted to- day largely to discussion of the boil weevil problem and heard the results of practical tests in efforts to eliminate the pest An extended investigation of sev- eral methods suggested will be made by committees named and conclusions an- nounced through the press and by cor respondence. The merits of asbestos as a wrapping for cotton bales was also gone over.
 Tonight the annual banquet of the con- gross was held. The election of officers and the selection of the next place of meeting will occur tomorrow
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up and as a rule by the time we are placed on the stand we are so nause- ated by the foul air that we hardly know what we are talking about. The windows of course. are wide open while the room is equipped with elec- tric fans. but the location of the court room is such as to prevent any proper circulation of air for such large as- semblage of people usually in attend ance.'
 As rule it is hard to find a person in the courtroom except those who are absolutely compelled to be there. and they don't remain-a moment longer than necessary. A remedy is being asked by those having to attend"
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all at Annapolis Here is to the one you sent for me. Yours, HOWARTE."
 Evidence of Struggle.
 The room in which these things were found showed evidence of a struggle hav- ing taken place. It was discovered today that crabbers in the river early Tuesday morning were passed by a vessel from which they saw an apparently heavy ob- ject thrown into the water with a splash It Is supposed that the vessel was Rob- erts' launch and that 1t was Mrs Wood ills body and it's weight that were cast into the awter.
 Mrs. Woodill Is said to have been mar ried to Woodill about a year ago. She Is said also, to have been previously mar ried to a physician of New York city, whose name, however, could not be learned tonight. There is a mystery too, about the parentage of the dead wom- an, who, Captain Thompson says, was 22 years old and who was obtained by him, when she was but years old, from the family of a poor street car man in Min neapolis.
 Mrs Woodill before her marriage. was given an excellent musical education in this country and Europe, and she is said to have sung in the White House before President Mckinley. She was beautiful woman and highly attractive, and was given warm welcome by her many friends in this locality when she re- turned with her husband the early part of the month
 man J. Gage took great deal of Inter est in Mrs. woodill. and has visited his young protege at Captain Thompson s home,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-25
Elaht Lives Lost.

Victoria, B. C., June 24.-Eight lives were lost in an attempt to recover sal wage from the wreck Of the lost Great Northern liner Dakota, off Shrahama, at the entrance to Tokio Bay. shortly before sailing of the steamer Kaiga Maru, according to mail advices received to- day. The wreck had been sold by the underwater and a party of wreckers was engaged in breaking it up A dynamite cartridge was accidentally exploded by one of the divers, as he was about to descend with fatal result.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-25
Game Is Protested.

St. Louis, June 24.-The game which Pittsburg won here today by a score of to was protested tonight by Owner Robison of the local team. The protest is based on play at third which Umpire Cusack. who was watching the bases, overlooked. Johnstone umpire of balls and strikes, waved out Miller of Pittsburg and then reversed himself and declared Miller safe. Miller later on scored the winning run
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-25
HEAT WAVE WILL
 LAST THREE DAYS

Washington, June 24.-The hot wave now holding in it's grasp that part of the country east of the Mississippi will continue unabated for two or three days, when rains generally will pro- duce lowering temperatures, according to the weather bureau report tonight.
 The prevailing temperature over the country averages about 90 degrees, and only in a few places have rains re- lieved conditions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-25
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
from the New York Press.

From the New YOrk Press.
 A man likes you to think he's smart because the candidate he voted for got elected.
 The reason a stout woman doesn't ex- pect to keep on getting fatter is she keeps right on.
 A girl is almost as much f1attered by having a man propose to her as his sending her a box of flowers.
 There's nothing that can influence a man to take a present home to his wife so strongly as a guilty conscience.
 You can spend an awful lot of money educating a boy to reason about one tenth as well as he could do before by jystinnt-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-25
Tax Amendment Completed.

Washington, June 2.-The administra- ton corporation tax amendment to the tariff bill was completed tonight by Alt torney General Wickersham and Senator Root. It will be introduced in the Sen ate tomorrow by Senator Aldrich and will be given the standing of a commit tee amendment. Few changes have been made in the measure from the form in which 1t was presented at the conference at the White House on Tuesday night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-25
cIeanIno Up the Grass.

Greenville, June 24.-(Special. )-This is the third day that has passed without rain and the farmers are beginning to get back a smile on their faces. An army of hands are at work cleaning out the farms. There is much. to do and the bottoms are yet too wet to work. The outlook in a good part of the coun- ty, especially on the red uplands, is not so bad, and few more days of dry, hot weather will bring the cotton out and make the corn take on new life
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Roberts Is Surrounded,

St. Michaels Md, June 24.-At Il o'clock tonight word reached here that Roberts had been surrounded in the house of John B. McQuay at Coyman, seven miles from here and about one and a half miles from the bungalow where the murder was committed. A posse left here in automo- piles at midnight. Roberts is believed to be heavily armed.
 McQuay noticed a skulkefs near his home and called to him. He came to the house and asked for water. Recognizing him as Roberts McQuay invited him into the house and sent his wife secretly to notify neighbors, by whom the house was surrounded.
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Searching In the Past.

Los Angeles, Cal, June A.-Gerald Woodil, a brother of Gilbert Woodil, while reticent in regard to the early life of Mrs. Woodill, said that his brother had told none of his relatives the ob- ject of his advertising but they under stood he was searching for the parents of his wife.
 Gilbert Woodill met Miss Edith May Thompson in New York little over a year ago and tine courtship was brief.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-25
Tramp May Be Lynched.

Butler, Pa., June 24.--Because his re- quest for a piece of bread and cup of coffee was not granted today a tramp attacked Mrs. John Sedoris, aged 30 years, the wife of a farmer living near here, bound and gagged her, and then poured a two-ounce bottle of carbolic acid on her face, destroying g ter sight and causing burns that may result in death. A l!noning is not inn probable if the Eaan Is captured.
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Sensation Is Created.

Los Angeles, Cal. June 24-The news of the murder of Mrs. Edith M Woodill, the young wife of Albert Woodill of this city, created sensation here. Neither MT Woodill nor any of his or his wife's relatives or friends know of any affair in which Mrs. Woodill was Involved that might led to such a tragedy.
 Mrs. Woodill was 20 years old and was formerly Miss Edith May Thompson, a ward of Lyman J. Gage. former Secretary of the Treasury, now resident of San Diego
 The story of the life of Mrs. Woodil before she became the ward of Lyman J. Gage was tragic. Although the hus- bands relatives are very reticent about her early childhood, it is understood that she was stolen or lost from her parents in Chicago when she was about years of age. MT. Woodill, several months ago. inserted an advertisement in the Chicago papers asking for information about any one who had lost a child in that city IS years ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-25
Great Heat in New York.

New York, June 24.-The fourth day of unabated heat that has afflicted this city, at a late hour, had recorded 34 cases of prostration and three suicides. The mercury went to 92 officially at 8 o'clock this afternoon. Tonight the thermometer still registered 80, and what little wind there was came from the south west, uncooled by the sea. At Coney Island thousands are sleeping on the sand
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WHAT A R1IMoR cAN no-

A spiteful little rumor
 Went sneaking round one day And ere it's jaunt was ended,
 The dickens was to pay. Good men were sad and gloomy,
 Good women were in tears And the wounds that little rumor made Weren't healed for years and years
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caoe Sent Girl to School.

Chicago. June 24-Mrs. Eli A. Gage, daughter-in-law of former Secretary of the Treasury Lyman J. Gage, when in- formed tonight of the murder of Mrs. Edith M. Woodill, in Maryland said:
 My father-in-law first became inter ested in this girl when he was Secretary of the Treasury. The girl came to Wash ington with her mother and in some way MT Gage met her. She was then 12 or IS years old. MT. Gage sent her to a school to be educated. She never was his ward. There never was any mystery about her identity and the news that she was stolen when baby is new to me-"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-25
Hone Diamond Sold

New York, June 25.-The Hope dla- mond which Lord Hope gave to May Yohe, the actress. and which weighs AZ carats, was sold at auction yesterday for $80, 900, according to a cablegram to the World. Although the nominal purchaser is a dealer 1t Is understood in Paris that he was executing the order of rich American.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-25
Gaae Is Reticent.

San Diego, Cal. June 24-Lyman J. Gage former Secretary of the Treasury, whose ward Mrs. Woodill was until her marriage to MT. Woodill. today refused to tell how he came to assume the re- lation toward the young woman, and de- cined to talk of her life or affairs.
 Beyond the bare admission that he had received a telegram telling of her death, he refused to speak of her. He then de- nied himslf to interviewers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-25
Ean,,d With rhroat cut.

Bsrwisk, Ia, Juie 21--rhe dead body of Tony MaScjnos, an Italian rrsrchant of tsis place, was found tonight on the outskirts of the town with his throat severed fl ,rn ear Co ear. There is every indication that robbery was the motive.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-25
Sixty Years Welded.

Birmingham was represented by Ser tram Jacobs in a notable occasion at Louisiana, Mo, the other day, which drew A. concourse of happy people from north south, east and vest" said friend last night ''It was the celebration of the six tieth wedding anniversary of MT. Jacobs uncle and aunt, Elias Michael and Net tie Jacobs Michael Exactly 60 persons, including members of the family, sat at the feast, among them being Gerson Kaufman of New York and Marcus Levy of Chicago, who were guests at the cere- mony in Kolmar, Prussia, half a century and decade ago. Each of the four sons presented his parents with s6o in gold as souvenirs of these bright and prosperous years of wedlock, and a draft for $6O was sent to the Jewish Orphans home, Cleve- land. O., in honor of the occasion.
 MT. and Mrs. Michael came to Amer lea in 1854 and have resided in Louisiana, Mo-, since 1871, MT. Michael engaging In business there and establishing what is now one of the largest dry goods stores in northeast Missouri. Nine children have been born to this hale and venerable couple, and all of them, with the excep- tions of a son and daughter, are living The esteem in which the family is held Is shown in the lengthy and affectionate de- scriptions of the event by the Missouri papers, and I esteem it a privilege to have read them."
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Information Sought.

Chicago, June 24.-On March "A of last year an advertisement appeared in a Chicago newspaper asking for informa- ton concerning the early life of Mrs. Gilbert Woodill of Los Angeles. It was signed by Gilbert Woodill.
 In the advertisement MT Woodill said that his wife was supposed to have been Kidnapped and deserted on the streets of Chicago when she was years old. She was found placed in an orphan asy- lum MT. Woodill stated that he was eager to have his wife's past cleared up.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-25

Tn Massachusetts cities the 1-cent
 moving picture show is becoming pop ular. Cut rates are always popular among consumers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-25

Otto von Wagner wrote operas and Honus Wagner bats 400, and it is an open question in America as to which Is the greater.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-25

Between sitting in both houses of Congress and conducting the politics of Chicago Lorimer keeps this sign up all of the time, This is my Busy Day."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-25

Chicago's new amphitheatre may be utilized for night or even winter base ball. The national sport may yet be given the day and the year round.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-25
MoRALIzING.

MORALIZING. How fine it is
 To think that we Like other folk
 Can never be, And wrap ourselves In foolish pride And oft in carp Ing vein deride Some other chap Who does his best. But, somehow, can't Advance his quest Quite fast enough To win the prize Which we have won In handy wise. We like to say
 'Tis due to pluck And seldom take Much stock in luck That Is, when we Have won, you know, And see our neigh Bors far below. And thinking how Astute we are To hitch our wag- On to a star, Our chests swell out, Our ehins uptilt, We smile at one Whose candy's split And patronize
 And say, "Too bad. You should have done As we, egad." Good Lord, what fools These mortals be! The charge applies To you and me And everyone
 Upon this earth Who overplays
 His proper worth And makes a show Of vain pretense, When his price Is Bout thirty cents!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-25
ONE ON FATHER

Mother, tell me a fairy story"
 Go to your father" was the reply h slightly acid tones. Your father Is the Hans Christian Andersen of this house. hold"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-25
HuNTING scENn

Had a queer dream last night" What was 1t about?"-
 T dreamed a bologna sausage wal chasing a Welsh rabbit"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-25
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
NOT THE ROAD TO RUIN.

Where are you going?" 'sTo the bow-wows." You must be joking. Not at all. I'm just going down to dog show
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-25
As to seaboard Presidency.

Now that the plan Tor recognizing tho Seaboard Air Line is completed much in- terest naturally attaches to the question of who will be the new president said a formed railroad man. MT. Garrett, who was president at the time the com pany went into the hands of receivers and who has been the executive official under the receivership, retires June 30 to engage in other business, and it would not surprise me if F. O. Becker suc- ceeds him. Mir. Becker resided in Bir- mingham for a short while as general agent of the Frisco, but now holds an important and lucrative railroad position in Chicago He ranks high, both as a traffic man and an all round business man.
 "Thomas F. Ryan, on leaving for Eu- rope, turned over his affairs to Paul Nor ton, president of the Equitable Life, and MT Becker and MT. Morton are intimate friends Becker's son is now Morton's s stenographer, and in view of the close relations existing between the elder Bee ker and Ryans representative and Bec- ker's fitness for the Seaboard presidency, my suggestion in this matter will doubt less seem reasonable to many
 Everybody who met MT. Becker when he was stationed in this city liked him. The Seaboard, it is said, is in excellent shape and the reorganization plan is meeting with satisfaction among the stockholders"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-25

The colleges are loading up people with alphabetical letters, especially those that have full pocketbooks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-25

Revision up is a delusion and q snare, and the people will say so at the ballot box next year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-25

No woman should go to Palm Beach who is not prepared to give away a gown after she has worn it once.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-25

Bwana Tumbo in the jungle still keeps one eye on the indicators of great wealth
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-25
CONsIDERAT

Are you doing anything for the good oi your country7"
 Sure I am."
 Well, what?"
 Pm keeping my mouth shut and let. ting my country get a little rest during the hot weather"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-25

It is proven that the versatile auto mobile cannot negotiate barbed wire fence any better than a horse can.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-25
OF COuRSE NOT

The end-seat hog Is back again,
 He gets the choicest seat; Now, sausage made of end-seat hogs Would not be fit to eat.
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The peculiar institutions of Utah do not detain Weston, who is making up lost time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-25

The Wrights do not stop to talk, pre- ferring to go "back to work" That fact explains their conquest of the air
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-25

Beverly's season as the summer cap ital bids fair to be greatly shortened this year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-25

Let me loll at ease beneath tree, Softly shading boughs shelter lending, While the wind told fairy tales to- me, Golden sunbeams through the leaves
 descending.
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SCIENTIFIC

SCIENTIFIC. I've never seen a diplodocus- Maybe never will; No doubt, most any hocus-pocus Stuffed would fill the bill
 DID SHE GET A SPANKING?
 How gracious your mother is to you, little girl.
 That's because you're here, man."
 POSSIBLY.
 Do you think Mrs. Gould ever bit any of her guests?"
 Probably not, but some of them may have felt as if they had been stung." NO, YOU CAN'T. The world is wide And the way is long, But you can't make friends With a trouble song. PAUL COOK.
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Let me dream awhile from troubles free Gavalierly resting for an hour, While the bold, rampageous honey bee Stole the sweets from unprotesting
 flower.
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ANOTHER YOUNG
 WOMAN KILLED
 AND BODY HIDDEN

CONTINUED FROM PAGE ID
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AGGRIEVED.

Fancy played a sorry trick on me Led me far away to fields of clover, Where the birds were singing merrily And the fair, blue skies were bending
 over
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Led me far and left me, cruel she, Staring stupldly at my typewriter. In the office all the time, you see. Darn that jade, the jury should indiet
 herl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-25

France does not overlook the dogs when it is overcoming a national deficit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-25

Railroads resist identification be- cause it invites 5-cent fares.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-25

Dr. Eliot's critics think his carpen- tering in a library is misfit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-25

The Gould trial has degenerated into wrangle between domsstics.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-25

Partnerships will be increased in number by the corporation tax amend ment
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-25

Cuba is not willing to pay for her long course of oppression and spolia- tion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-25

The Wrights do not stop to talk, pre- ferring to go "back to work" That fact explains their conquest of the air.
 
 It is proven that the versatile auto mobile cannot negotiate barbed wire fence any better than horse can.
  The colleges are loading up people with alphabetical letters, especially those that have full pocketbooks. No woman should go to Palm Beach who is not prepared to give away a gown after she has worn it once.
  Revision up is a delusion and q snare, and the people will say so at the ballot box next year. Bwana Tumbo in the jungle still keeps one eye on the malefactors of great wealth.
 The peculiar institutions of Utah do not detain Weston, who is making up lost" time
 Beverly's season as the summer cap ital bids fair to be greatly shortened this year.
 France does not overlook the dogs when it is overcoming a national deficit.
  Do l,f xrff1 1AA f,1x,, sod s.a number by the corporation tax amend ment.
 At night baseball the mosquitoes will participate regardless of gate regula- tions.
 Cuba is not willing to pay for her long course of oppression and spolia- tion. Weekend vacations often demand the other five days for recuperation. A tariff fattened paper trust and free press do not go together.
  The Gould trial has degenerated into a wrangle between domestics. Dr. Eliot's critics think his carpen- tering in a library is a misfit.
  Railroads resist identification be- cause 1t invites 5-cent fares.
  Drink and dress are a bad combina- tion even at Newport.
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all at Annapolis. Here is to the one you sent for me. Yours, HOWARTH."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-25

At night baseball the mosquitoes will participate regardless of gate regula- tions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-25

A tariff fattened paper trust and free press do not go together.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-25

Weekend vacations often demand the other five days for recuperation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-25

Drink and dress are a bad combina- tion even at Newport.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-25

He's truly valiant that can wisely suffer. -Timon of Athens.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1909-09-10
EXPLOSION IN
4 HALLWAY
Stream of Gas Becomes Ig-
nited and Workman Has
a Narrow Escape.
WAS REPAIRING LEAK

On explosion of gas in the hallway
in the westerly side of Morris Slobo-
diem s blacksmith, shop, 179 New Bruins
wick avenue, shortly after 1880 o clock
this afternoon gave John Omenheiser,
an employe of the Perth Amboy Gas
Light Company, shock and caused an
alarm to be turned in from box So
For several weeks past, Mr.. Slobodien
said, the two-inch gas pipe under the
hallway has been leaking and he no
tilted the company to repair it. This af-
trnoon Mr. Omenheiser was working in
the hallway with lightel candle when
there was an explosion which tore
boards from the walls and ignited the
stream of gas which poured from the
pipe. Mr.. Slobodien ran to the hall
way, expecting TO find the workman
badly injured, but he had escaped.
To NEWS reporter Mr. Omenheiser
said that when the explosion occurred
he was working on the pipe and thinks
that spark from his chisel, and not
the candle, caused it.
BENJAMIN Slobodien, the blacksmith s
son. turned in an alarm as the gas
fame was issuing from under the hall
way and the building seemed in danger.
Washington Hose Chemical Company
used their chemicals on the fame but
found that it was no easy job to extin-
guish it, The gas was finally shut off.
Mr.. Slobodien said he had no insur-
ance The damage was estimated at
$25.