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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-09
Wood is suHpected.
Tn Hail at CInnt0n.

c,anton March 9.-(Speciak) )-Cry- ing out in her anguish. and repeating over and over that she Is guiltless or tbe foul murder of her aged mother. Mrs Hattie Pope, aged thirty years lies In her cell at this place awaiting A preliminary hearing on the charge or murder.
 two years old, was brought to Clan ton and put into jail. charged with be- ing an accomplice of the woman In the murder last Thursday afternoon.
 Both Mrs. Pope and Wood will be given a preliminary hearing next Sat urday
 When brought to the Clanton jail last Friday, Mrs. Pope brought her sixteen-months-o old babe and her nine year-old son. The baby stayed with the mother and was of some comfort to her until today. when its father came and took 1t to the home of his parents.
 The Pope's had not lived together for eight or nine months previous to the time of the killing. The boy is being retained at the jail, living at the home of Sheriff Catts.
 Speaking of the crime tonight sher- fir Catts stated that he did not be- lieve that the woman was guilty of the murder. He said that he was Ro- ing to the scene of the crime tomor- row to make personal investigation. He stated tonight that he had not heard of the finding of the bloody knife and bloody garments in the trunk of the woman.
 Sheriff Catts stated that the brother of the accused woman would be here tomorrow from Texas
 It is expected that there will be a large crowd at the hearing as the people are very much wrought up over the crime
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-09
TRIAL POSTPONED.
Case of Alleged Night Rider Leader Is
 Put on.

Tiptonville. Tenn, March s.-Be- cause of the illness of A Pierce. chief counsel for the defense, the case of Will Watson. alleged leader of a band of night riders who whipped J. F. Wynne, an aged man, will not be talk en up until the July term of court.
 The announcement to this effect was made by Attorney General Cald- well when the case was called for trial today Watson is under indictment under the Ku Klux act, a capital of- fense. A
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-09
SEVERAL ARE INJURED.
Riot Grows Out of Strike At Hat
 Factory.

woodbine, N. J., March s-Several nersonS were injured today. growing out of a strike at a hat factory here
 A crowd of about 400 set upon dog en men who had continued working and this started the riot. During the riottng a revolver was fired and Abra- ham Willert was struck by a. brick ano rendered unconscious. When the dis- tnrbance had been quelled. the shop was closed for the day.
 The employees of the hat factory went ont on strike last week. after having been refused shorter hours. The strik- CTS want to arbitrate. and It Is belleV- ed the matter will be amicably settled without further disturbance.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-09
BLOODY TRAGEDY
 IN SOUTH CAROLINA

Seneca, s. C., March s.-Deputy Sher- If w F. Corbet and his brother Charles were killed at the house of J. B. Palmer, near Walhalla. at 10 o'clock tonight.
 It is said that Corhet had a warrant for the arrest of one of the Palmers. and a general exchange of shots fol- lowed the officers appearance. Palmer his wife. one of his sons and his daugh ter were slightly wounded.
 Palmer and two of his sons are In jau Further details cannot be learned.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-09
COST OF CAMPAIGN,
Prohibitionists spent TAirty Thousand
 In Tennessee.

New York. March S.-Dr. Ira c. Lam drith. of Nashville. Ten. and secretary of the Antisaloon League of that State. in discussing here how Tennessee went dry" says that it cost the league $30 000 to win the fight.
 And" he adds, what Tennessee has done, any other State may do. Even New York can easily regulate It's H. quor problem if 1t really cared to. It cost us $30,0 900 to do the work; 1t cost the liquor interests millions and they lost"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-09
A Bitter Arraignment
 Of Col. Duncan Cooper
such a patient, honest and intelligent

jury"
 Fitzhugh then told the jury that he realized how anxious the members were to get home. but he impressed upon them responsibility that hao was sure St when they returned to their hop q they would do 50 with consciou . ss of a disagreeable duty' honestly . erformed.
 "On afternoon of November ;. there ss enacted upon the streets Of this cy a tragedy which robbed won q of the tenderest and most de- votf S of husbands. a boy of a ioVins fat and the Commonwealth or . n ts have added luster and glory 70 sA State To you has been charseu
 duty of fixing the responsipiiity. v Captain Fitxhugh then read the III dictment charging the three men With murder in the first degree and ex- plained what first degree murder IS. lie described malice, premeditation anu intent as the courts define them anu quoted from Supreme Court decisiohs'
 "I have shown you," he said, "that 1t Is murder when a man takes a iie upon a sudden impulse. How much more Is 1t murder when mans near. Is so full of malice and revenge that he spends all day Sunday and most or Monday devising the ways and means of taking the life of the man he hates so bitterly"
 Captain Fitzhugh then described now on Sunday night. November 8. Colonei D. B. Cooper was at the Tulane Hotei to meet E. B. Craig and how Cooper made threats about Carmack to Craig and how these threats were transmit ted to the dead Senator.
 Owed Friends Money.
 Colonel Cooper met Craig on per sonal business, but he brushed the bus- mess aside and revealed what was In his black heart. He owed his friend Craig, money-he owed all his friends money and he never bothered about the money he owed. This didn't both CT him. But he broke in and said: If my name appears in The Tennessean again, Carmack or I must die.'
 Think of 1t, gentlemen, this man who is a self lf-confessed lobbyist for a railroad; this man who is charged by
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-09
COAST LINE BONDS.
Railroad Will Refund Securities and
 Make ImurOyementa

Wilmington, N. C., March S-It is announced from the executive offices of the Atlantic Coast Line here. that from the proceeds of the recent sale of the roads consolidated four per cent. bonds in New York. the company has provided in addition to the can cellation of its short term i've per cent. notes. due March 1. 1910 and all the cash necessary to retire on June Il. lSlo. one million six hundred thou sand underlying six per cent bonds the funds required for replacing i've and one-quarter miles of wooden tres He with concrete pieses and steel g,r- ders. e
 By the negotiations for the sale of tne oonos. interest charges will be reduced s11s.0o0 per annum.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-09
Hundlex sworn In.

Oscar R. Hundley. before notary at the Department of Justice. was to- dav sworn in as the recess judge for inc Northern District of Alabama. He was feeling chipper. and talks 10 his friends here as If he really Is confident of holding on permanently. even though lawyers all over the district are known to be bringing tremendous pressure to bear u1~jh the administration to name another man for judge.
 He expects to reach Birmingham py Wednesday morning
 Alfred J. Stofer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-09
ALABAMA STUDENT
 ATTRACTS ATTENTION

Boston. Mass. March s-tSpecihl.)- Phifer Smith, B A. of Livingston Ala, a student in the electrical en- Rineering department of the Massa- chusetts Institute of technology. is completing as his graduating thesis after exhaustive Investigation an ar ticle on tests of a power plant in a Boston factory.
 This subject was assigned him for thorough study and the results of his rests and investigations are awaited by engineering circles
 Tech investigations are always closely watched This particularly useful data Is expected the electrl- ncation of steam railroads.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-09
MEAT WILL BE CHEAPER.

ogden Armour Gives Hope to the Con-
 sumer.
 Atlanta. Ga. March 8.-"Meat will be cheaper this summer" said J. Og- den Armour. who passed through At lanta in his private car en route from Palm Beach, Fla, to Chicago today
 Meat Is high, too high, at present" he continued, but this Is because of the increased price of feeding just now. It follows that when corn is high meat is high. This summer we expect the price of corn to go down and meat will be cheaper"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-09
storm nt Hot Springs.

Hot Springs, Arh, March S.-A ter rife electric and rain storm swept over this section of the country this after noon. drenching the city with a flood from the mountain sides and doing damage to cellars and stocks in lower stories.
 The lightning swept down close to the earth and drove people hurriedly into shelter, but did not strike near the city.
 Reports from Perla, Rutterfield and Lonsdale points east of here. are to the effect that houses are blown down and probably several persons killed. The reports were brought here by pas sengers on a late train, which had its progress impeded through having to cut and shove fallen trees and tele- graph poles from the track along its route.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-09
TAFT TO GOMEZ.

President Has Nothing But Good Will
 for Cuba.
 Havana, March S.-President Gomez has received the following message from President Taft In reply to a con gratulatory dispatch he sent to the American President on the occasion of the latter's inauguration:
 "I have received with special grati- fcation the congratulations which your excellency has expressed In the name of the Cuban people and your own. As a friend and well wisher of Cuba. 1t will be my pleasure and priv ilege to continue my distinguished pre- decessor's attitude of cordial friend ship and good will toward Cuba"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-09
CALL TO TEXTILE MBN.
Southern Mnnufacturers win Meet in
 Atlanta.

Atlanta. Ga. March S.-As result of a meeting of the Executive Com nittee of the Georgia Textile Associa- tion today. a call will be issued to the textile association of all the Southern States to meet here March 16.
 The purpose of the meeting will be to consider the tarif and other import ant questions relative to the textile Industry.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-09
TO SIT IN NASHVILLE.
Commerce Commission VIII Hear Com-
 plaints.

Nashville. Tenn. March s.-Commis- sloner Prouty of the Interstate Com meroe commission. will sit here April Louisville and Nashville; Nashville chattanooga and St. Louis, and ult- nofs Central railroads and their con nections over which cotton Is trans ported to the East.
 The charge Is discrimination in fla To rof Covington. Tenn. and Browns Vile Tenn, and against Jackson. renn., and other Western points of the State. Memphis excepted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-09
CommunIcntIop CrippIed.

Cairo Ill.,. March S.-A severe elec- trical storm between here and Union City. Tenn, crippled lines of communi- cation and caused considerable dam age. The rainfall was heavy Storms are reported from points in Tennes- see.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-09

Little Rock, Ark. March s.-Four persons are reported dead and num- ber injured as the result of a violent storm which swept through Western. Eastern and Southern Arkansas late this afternoon and tonight.
 Three are reported to have been killed at Brinkley and dispatches at midnight on the only wire in operation between that place and Little Rock. railroad wire. were to the effect that the town was in flames and It's com plete destruction seemed inevitable.
 Wires are down throughout the State and only meagre reports have reached Little Rock thus far.
 At midnight special train bearing physicians and nurses and the fire fighting apparatus of that place was started from Forrest City for Brink ley. Those reported to have been kill ed at Brinkley are: Daughter of T. M. Burch, Foote, merchant, Starrett. merchant.
 A Cotton Belt passenger train due in Little Rock at 6;30 o'clock tei ysht is lost in the vicinity Of Baue .r.s. where g tornado struck and is report cd to have been swept off the track. Another report is to the effect that the. train was struck by lightning Railroad officers in Little Rock have pCtn 0HutdNOTIuB lOCaIe the tram for hours, but have been unable to do so.
 A tornado struck at Fourchedam at o'clock this afternoon, within five miles of Little Rock, killing a negro boy and injuring other negroes Two houses were demolished and one was completely destroyed by fire after 1t had been blown to bits Several ne- groes are reported to be fatally hurt
 The tornado crossed the Arkansas River at Fourchedam and raised a spout of water ahsut 200 feet high. It travelled toward the northeast and swept clean path about sixty yards wide It was impossible to get any definite reports from that vicinity to- night.
 The tornado was followed by a vio lent hail and rain storm. which kept up Throughout the night
 The same tornado passed into Bau- cum. where the extent of the damage is also unknown and from there fo Kerrs in Lonoke County. where sev- eral homes were demolished. and E. E. Adams, farmer, was seriously. if not ratallY injured. He. with his wife, son and three others. were in the house at the time of the storm. They were buried in the debris. but all escaped alive.
 AAS Oi 1IdH w dRHPT, a saw mill operator near there was also de- stroyed, but he and his wife escaped with few bruises. A gin and sey- eral negro cabins were demolished
 Churches at Malvern
 All the windows of a train between Gurdon and Reister were blown out At Malvern the Methodist Church was entirely destroyed at a loss of $6,00O. The Baptist Church was damaged, a portion of the court house was unroof- ed and other extensive damage was done.
 No loss of life was reported. although the extent of the damage In the sur rounding country was not known.
 A special wrecker left here tonight over the Rock IsJand Railroad for Brinkley.
 Up to midnight 1t was impossible to communicate with part of Eastern, Southern Or Western Arkansas. Only few wires have been opened since
 Heavy rainstorms were the extent of the damage at Hot Springs and Texar- kama, where 1t was feared tornadoes had struck before communication was restored.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-09
DEFEATS ALIEN BILL.
Cubans Refuse to Strike at American
 CauttnI.

Capital.
 Havana, March 8.-The bill forbid ding the further purchase of lands in Cuba by aliens was defeated in the House of Representatives today by a vote of 49 to II.
 Congressman Artesgea. the author of the measure for its support. saying that he knew from the first there was no chance for the adoption of the bill.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-09
DEATH RIDES
 IN THE STORM Heavy Wind Sweeps Over Arkansas. FOUR KNOWN TO BE DEAD Cotton Belt Passenger Train is
 Lost.
 - Tornado Strikes Near Hot Springs and Wreaks Havoc in Several of the Small Towns of the
FOUR KNOWN TO BE DEAD
WHOLE TOWN DESTROYED.


 . WHOLE TOWN DESTROYED. { . Forest City, Ark. March 9. -< > Late advices from Brinkley indi- > cate that practically the entire . town is now a mass of ruins. and { . that eight persons have been > killed and the injured will be \ numb cred by scores. . The fire at o'clock this morn . ing is still burning and the re- . fiection can be seen from here. . distance of twenty miles. > Every physician of this place . as well as many nurses. were de- . spatched to Brinkley at midnight. . and other towns are rushing aid . to the storm-swept town. . Brinkley Is a town of 5000 per- > sons and the junction point of z several important railroad sys- . tems.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-09
Missouri Rate Lalu
 Ouerthro1un by Court

taken out a license here to marry his leading woman. Miss Mary B. Conwell. of Cadiz. Ohio.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-09
WEATHER FORECAST.

Washington, March S.--FOr Alabama -Rain and cooler TuesdayJ fair and colder "wednesday, briak south winds ..
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-09
Mason In Montxomery, :,

Tolley Mason. the negro who killed Richard Meigs, prominent planter of Blob County. near Centreville yester- day, was brought to Montgomery yes terday afternoon by the officers of Sheriff Oakley. of Bibb. to illustrate a probable mob.
 Sheriff Hood received telegram early in the afternoon from Mir. Oak ley. telling him that the negro had been sent. and Deputy Mckee met the prisoner at the railway station.
 Mason was locked in the County Jail, where he will be held until the date for his trial Is set.
 With the arrival of Mason at the Montgomery jail. there are three pris- Oners who are held at the prison here for their own safety.
 The two Lattimer brothers. from Russell County, were brought here Friday to prevent their lynching for the alleged murder of T. A. Williams, farmer of Russell County, and now comes Mason, charged with the death of Richard Meigs. to make of the Mont gomery County jail a haven of refuge.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-09

Dustin Farnun to Wed. Chicago March s.-Dustin Farnum. the actor. 1t was learned today. hes,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-09
NEGRO KILLS RICHARD MEIGS Bibb County Farmer Cut
 to Death. STABS DEFENSELESS MAN Tslley Mason is Brought Here for
 Safety. Sheriff Oakley Feared Enfaged Citi.ena Might Do Violence to Black Msn -Asks for . Special
 Court.

Centreville. March S.-(Special)- Incensed at the outcome of some busi- ness relations Tollsy Mason, e negro. stabbed to death Richard Meigs. an aged and prosperous planted of Beat {. this County, near Centreville this morning.
 Mir. Meigs was stabbed and cut in many places by the negro, who attack ed htm almost without warning, and despite the almost immediate attend ance of physicians. he died within two hours.
 Immediately upon the commission of the murderods assault, Mason fled to his home. and barrioaded himself in the barn. from which point of vantage he held off a large crowd which had gath cred at the place.
 Sheriff Oakley was summoned. and arriving, at the home of the negro. took him in charge without resistance.
 Great excitement and anger prevail ed among the white men of CentrevlIe, so much so that the formation of q mob seemed imminent. To prevent violence. Sheriff oakley rushed Mason to Montgomery this afternoon. where he will be held until the time of his trial.
 It is understood that Judge Miller will be asked to call a special term of the court for the purpose of trying the negro.
 Mason was a former employe of the white man. though he left the work more than year ago, after a disagree ment.
 The two met today. MT. Meigs stop ping as he drove near Centreville, to speak to the negro. The white man, according to accounts endeavored to pacify his former employe. but the ne- gro answered surlily, and as Mir. Meigs insisted on friendship, attacked the white man.
 MT. Meigs was not armed. and, an old man. was defenseless against the assault. His body was cut literally to tatters. and death ensued inevitably. Richard Meigs was one of the most prosperous farmers of Bibb County, and held the respect and esteem of the community in which he lived. The | feeling of the white people about the section Is nigh, and, 1t is believed the negro would have been lynch ed had he been held In Centreville over night.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-09

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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-16
DR.. COOK HON0RED
BY NEW WORKERS

New York, October 15.-Dr. Frederick
York today as calm and smiling as ever,
received the freedom of the city as con
ferred by the board of aldermen, branded
as lie the affidavit of Edward Barrill,
the guide, who says he did not reach
the summit of Mount Mckinley, and
finally fired the shot which started "a
hour automobile race at Brighton Beach.
He will remain in New York until Sun
day night, when he will start for the west
on another lecture tour. In the mean,
time he will confer with counsel over the
advisability of bringing action against
Barrill for alleged perjury, and he may
issue a detailed affidavit in reply to the
guide
The comforting of the freedom of the
city upon the explorer was a formal af-
fair, conducted jointly by the board of
aldermen and the Arctic Club OF Amer
lea. The club presented to him a gold
medal in recognition of his discovery of
the pole, while the aldermen took the
occasion to recognize him Officially for
the first time since his arrival on home
shores George Borup and Prof. Donald
Mcmillan, of the Peary expedition. were
among the interested spectators of the
ceremony.
Before the honor was bestowed, Pres
ident MCGOWAN of the board announced:
at deem 1t fair to DR.. Cook to say
here that he wanted no action by the
board of aldermen until after all his
proofs had been produced, but we de-
clined. because 1t was believed that the
sentiment of the board was belief in DR..
Cook, and / believe the city or New YORK
believes in him.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-16
PRESIDENT DIAZ
WAITS FOR TAFT

Ell Paso, Tex, October 15.--Gen. Por
firio Diaz, President of the republic of
Mexico reached Cuidad Juarez, oppo-
site Ell Paso, at o'clock this after
noon and was greeted by salutes from the
Mexican artillery and cheers of the pop
ulace which nearly drowned the roar of
the guns.
After receiving committees from Ell
Paso and the City of Juarez, General
Diaz laid the cornerstone for the Juarez
monument In memory of his predecessor
Benito Juarez. Tonight he spent aboard
his train, parked inside the walls of
the Juarez custom house, heavily guard
ed by soldiers.
Chief John Wilkie of the United States
secret service, declared today that he
anticipated no danger to the two Pres
idents tomorrow. Were it otherwise. he
said, the meeting would not take place.
This statement followed a report orig
plot had been discovered there to kill the
two Presidents in El Paso
II am pleased and honored to be well
coined to the city named after my great
teacher, Bento Juarez," said President
Diaz in responding to the welcoming ad-
dress. Il am glad to know that the
people of the border have such conf
dence in me and they may rest assured
that peace will be maintained as long as
1t is In my power"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-16
TODAY'S AGE-HERALD

1-Dr. Cook refutes Barrills charges
Storms In Alabama very destructive.
Death list from storm very heavy
Judge Gary speaks on steel making
Taft receives gifts from Indians
Two kidnapped children found
Virginia will not go for prohibition
2-Alabama experts talk about roads.
3-Many will attend debate Monday
Child is taken from its father.
4-Editorial comment.
b-Greatest crowd in history at State
Fair.
Alabama educators will meet in Mo-
bile.
Miner discusses condition in Washing
ton county.
Chamber of Commerce has house.
warming.
Road builders return from field.
6-Negroes freed of murder charge in
Ensley.
Republicans are planning to fight
Birmingham social news.
Dolly Dalrymple's department.
9-Stock market in better condition.
Cotton is almost unchanged.
Wheat makes sharp advance
10 General sporting news.