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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-24
Order Is Being Restored.

San Stefano, April 23-The sitting of the national assembly today was held under the esidency of Said Pasha. president of the senate assisted by Ahmed Riza, the foriAer president of the chamber. Nah moud ScheflSet Pasha made an explana- ton of the causes which led up to the is sGanoe of a proclamation. which he had sent to the Sultan. the grand vizier and theforeign representatives, and the object he had in view. He stated that as the troops of concentration were not sufficient in strength to cope with all eventualties, pending the arrival of re-enforcements. it became necessary to calm and reassure tll population. He added that the prom lses made nl the proclamation would be scrupulously carried out. Those who had fomented the trouble. however no matter how high their position. would be severe ly punished. The assembly then voted its approval or the proclamation.
 At a public session telegrams were read ccngratulating the members of the re-es- tahllshment of the constitution Reports were also read dealing with the Armen- ian massacres. and 1t was decided to send circular to all the provinces of the err- pire inviting the authorities to adopt all necessary measures to suppress the riot ing Those neglecting to do so would bs held responsible and severely punished.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-24
JOHN SHARP WILLIAMS
 IN A SPELLING MATCH

o'clock. When the last blue backer'' was outspelled there were five public school pupils standing. Hon. John Sharp Williams. who chanced to be in the city. was among the blue packers. The contest was begun with a class of 40 on each side and it was soon seen it would be an all-night fight. It was then decided to select 15 from each side to finish. Judge John L. Buckley was the enunciator.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-24
Search for an American.

Londonfi April 23.-Dudley F. Loomis of 1'iffin. Ohio, landed at Southampton. from Rio Janiero, March 13, since when he has not been seen His disappearance has created some alarm, and the American sonsuls in England are searching for tAe missing man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-24
Venezuelan Declares He Is a
 Prisoner of France
OPPOSED MAN IS BITTER
1t Is Understood That Castro Has Sent Letter of Protest to President FalIieres and Wants
 Matters Cleared.

Paris, April 23.-Cipriano Castro ar rived here at 6:30 clock this afternoon from St. Nazaire. He walked out of the station supported by two attendants. and 1t was evident that he made his way with difficulty. He was greeted on arriving by a dozen Venezuelan residents of Paris
 The return of senor Castro was fin strik- ing contrast to his two previous appear anees in Paris. Instead of having a magnificent automobile waiting at the station for him. he entered an ordinary street tavicab, taking into 1t with him his two attendants and four friends. and went to a modest hotel In the Place Concorde, where he hired a single room To the journalists who succeeded in see ing him the former President continued his abuse and denunciation of tho Uaited States.
 T am the victim of the United States, which has imposed measures against me upon Europe, whose interests I defend ed in America" Senor Castro said
 'srhe day will come when the powers will realize their mistake. They failed to understand the significance of the seiz- ure of Panama. They will repent, but I will not. l defended in America and at The Hague the right of the weak against the strong, which now is being violated in my person.
 unfortunately my strength is betray- ing me in this fight
 Senor Castro said the persecution was started against him in Venezuela on a charge of having ordered the execution in 1907 of Gen. Antonio Parades the rev olutionary leader which was a puerile pretext. He insisted that he did not desire to reclaim the presidency of Ven ezuela, and that he wanted only to at tend to his private affairs in the republic, eto look after his lettuce, like Diocle- tian."
 The former President spoke bittrely of the Venezuelans for what he termed their ingratitude after he had almost sacrificed his life to defend their dig nity, honor and interests He maintained that he was a prisoner of France. It is understood that Senor Castro has written a letter of protest to President Fallieres along the lines of the one given out recently by him at Port de France. He said he had not yet perfected his plans, but first must attend to his health, i and that he might await the arrival here of his wife.
 It is reported that Senor Castro has sent a telegram to Jose de J. Paul for mer Venezuelan minister for foreign af- faires, who s in Europe on diplomatic mission. having as it's object the settle ment of disputes between the republic and various powers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-24

Meridian, Miss. April 2S.-tspecial.)- The large auditorium of the courthouse was packed to the doors tonight to VII ness the contest between the old-time blue back spoilers and the modern spell CTS from the city public schools
 The contest resulted in victory for the school pupils but was long. hard fought battle, not ending till nearly 12
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-24
 Glad She Killed Him.

Hattiesburg. Miss, April S.-After lengthy investigation today by cor oner's jury. Mrs. Minnie Crosby and her husband, G. L. Crosby. were held for the murder of J. R. McShane, near Hat tiesburg last Sunday mroning. With tears streaming down her face Mrs Crosby said: 'I was glad to kill McShane, for l though it would bring back the hap piness my husband and had once known. l did the killing, too. My hus- band only held the gun. l love my hus- band better than I do my life
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-24
Jack O,Rrien Anxious.

Pfttsburg, April 2S-Jack O'Brien ar rived today to try to arrange fight with Jack Johnson. the negro champion heavyweight "I am here to post 5000 to show that am not bluffing,' said he. 'I want to fight Jack Johnson and came here to post the money to prove that l mean business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-24

The house of lords, which was sitting at the time. was thrown into a panic Sev- eral of the members were thrown to the floor, and it seemed as though the walls of the building would be forced in The edifce. however. withstood the shocks we'll and there was no perceptible dam age.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-24
BATTLE BEGINS IN
 CONSTANTINOPLE

Constantinope April 24-Heavy rife firing has been in progress since o'clock this morning with the occasional rattle Of the artillery surrounding Yildiz Kiosk. h. dications are that an engagement Is in progress between the advancing troops and the Yildiz garrison
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-24
Gomez Issues Decree.

Caracas, April zo, via Port of Spain, Trinidad, April 2S.-President Gomez has Issued a decree granting freedom to all the men taken prisoners at the time of the overthrow of the Castro administra- ton last December.
 Those liberated include everybody con nected with the alleged plot to compass the assas sstlation of President Gomez. General Farreras. who was accused of treason by Castro in 1903, also has been pardoned by Gomez.
 Another decree issued by the Presi- dent of the republic provides for great celebration of Venezuelan independence on July 5. 1911. Vice President Nelutini will shortly assume the Presidency tenn pora riV.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-24

ment during all of this time we would not have been willing and were not anxious to return to Kentucky for such trial. These pleas for simple justice have always been denied The action of Governor Wilson is doubtless the voice of his de- liberate convictions that no such trials were intended. or could be had.
 We would stultify ourselves were we to say that these nave not been hard, bit ter and cruel years to us. No human tongue can tell and no pen can write what we have suffered as they have dragged on. We doubt if we should have been able to endure them but for the loy- alty, friendship love and sympathy of old friends ir Kentucky, who stood firm. fast and true, and of new friends in Indiana, who came to us in the hours of dire need. Men never lived who owed a deeper debt of gratitude to fIieds than we It Is a debt we can never hop to pay. The most we can ever do is to acknowledge and cherish 1t. That we shall ever do so long as memory lives. The recollection of the countless kindnesses and unstinted sym pathy that have come to us will live fresh and green in our hearts.
 CIVILIAN s. TAYLOR,
 A pr r-cy u~IA IF
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-24
Statement By Taylor.

Indianapolis, April 2.-William S. Tay- Tor and Charles Finley, one a former gov ernor and the other former secretary of state of Kentucky, exiled for nine years under the charge of complicity in the assassination of former Governor Goebel of Kentucky, closeted themselves in MT Taylor's office this evening as soon as they received word of their pardon by Governor Wilson, and denied admittance to inquirers until late hour. They pre- pared statement to the public in which they express their gratitude for reliei from a great burden and to their friends in Kentucky and their new friends ii Indiana.
 The statement follows:
 "The final ending by Governor Willsor of the terrible reign of wrong and per. secution of innocent men in Kentucky is to our minds, an added proof that there is God in Israel and that right wil not remain forever on the scaflold, nol wrong forever on the throne.
 "The long agony Is over at last. Ken tucky now ends the prosecutions begur nine years ago in her name
 Nothing, of course, can ever make ful amends for the great wrong that has been done us nor for what we have suf- fered and lost.
 Pleaded for Trial.
 "White the action of Governor Willsor ends these prosecutions. it does not bring the end we would have preferred. For nine years we have pleaded for a trial a fair trial. There has never been mo-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-24
Remains In Indiana.

MT. Taylor stated that he would never He has established a law practice in h. dianapolis and has made business con nections here that are permanent.
 q have no immediate plan to return to Kentucky for a visit" he said.
 MT. Finley, however. will soon return to Kentucky to visit his aged parents at Williamsburg. He said he had now no fear of personal injury in returning to Kentucky, and felt that he would meet only friends there.
 Both Taylor and Finley have been con- spicuous in Indianapolis for years. For a long time after they found a refuge here they and their friends went about the streets armed, fearing kidnapping
 MT. Finley has never engaged in any business in Indianapolis and has been only waiting and hoping for the pardon that came today that permitted his going home He was deeply affected tonight. The news of his pardon was. he said, the greatest blessing that he had ever known.
 Efforts repeatedly were made to have acquisition papers honored by governors of Indiana but without avail.
 James M Mount was the first governor to be approached. He considered the mat ter for day or and then issued a stinging opinion in which he criticised Kentucky justice.''
 When Winfield T. Durbin was elected governor of Indiana another attempt was made, but he refused the request in even stronger language than had Governor Mount
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-12-13

The New York Times prints
sworn afidavits signed by
August W. Loose, a pilot and nav
igator, and George H. Dunkle,
an insurance broker, that DR..
Cook promised them $4,000 for
their aid in preparing the polar
records of his journey, which
are now in the hands of the Uni
versity Of Copenhagen. The men
admit that they are making the
affidavits because Cook didn't pay
hem.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-12-13
ROBSON is ALI. RIGHT.
Farmers Happy, People Prosper.
GUS Not Talking Politics.
Raleigh News and Observer, 10th.


Mr.. A. J. McKinnon, of Max
ton. who was in Raleigh yester-
day, says that the crops in Robe
son are better than ever in the
history of that good county. Robe
son county last Year raised ST.
900 bales Of cotton. This year
the farmers have raised $4,000
bales, and this increase in the
number Of bales, taken in con-
nection with the price, means
that the farmers are in better
shape than heretofore.
M. McKinnon has been placed
in the field by his friends as
a candidate for Congressman
from the sixth district. He is
one OF the most successful bust
ness men, planters and truckers
in North Carolina, and the leader
in the Cotton Growers Associa-
ton. He is a strong man of high
character, who has served his
generation well. and, if nomi-
mated, would make a splendid
Congressman.
Asked about the political sit
uation in Robson, Mr.. McKin
non said: To tell the truth, tht
people in Robson are so bus,
with farming and business oper
ations that they have given littl
time this year to talking politics
Our people are making great pro
gress in every way and in OF
years seldom ever talk politics
OF course, next year, when tn
campaign comes on, Robeso
will do its duty as it always doe
and the Democrats may rely O
the biggest county to roll up
fine majority"
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-12-13

Mr.. Richard Beverly Raney, 40
years old, died at his home in
Raleigh last Wednesday after
suffering about 10 days with
grippe which eliminated a few
days before in a stroke of paraly-
sis. Mr.. Raney was we'll known
throughout the State, citizen
of whom Raleigh was proud. The
Olivia Raney Library, his gift to
Raleigh, stands a monument to
his public spirit and generosity.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-12-13
News Notes and Personals from
St. Pauls.
Correspondence of The kopesonian:

Correspondence OF The kCpeSOnl3n:
Messrs. L. A. McGeachy and
W. D. Johnson attended the play,
House of a Thousand Candles"
at Fayetteville Tuesday night.
Mr.. J, D. Johnson and family
expect to move to St. Paul in
January,
Mr., Lock Mckinnon of Max
ton WASH St. Paul Thursday.
Mr.. Alex. Parham expects to
move his family to Parkton the
first of the year.
Mr.. w. B. Burns of Hazel
hurst, Ca, was buried here
Thursday. He was formerly of
St. Paul.
Mrs. J. Mel. Wicker is visiting
her sister in Sanford.
Mr.. J. c.. Blanchard has moved
to St. Paul and will be manager
of the McAllister Hardware Co.
/ Mrs. R. E. Lewis spent last
week at the home of her father,
Mr.. John Macarthur. Mr.. Char
lie Livingston of Wagram spent
Tuesday night in St. Pauls, -
Mr.. Chas. Flowers Of Red Springs
was in St. Paul Wednesday. -
Mrs. John Macarthur has return
ed from a visit at her fathers al
Johns Station. Mr.. A. r. Nc
/ Eachern spent Friday in Lum.
, berton.
St. Paul, N. c., Dec. 10, 1909
, Victims of a fearful crime
Mrs. Eliza Gribble, 70 years old
and her daughter, Mrs. Carrie
Ohlander, were found dead a
= their home in Savannah, Ca, FIR;
> day. A third, Mrs Maggie
:, Hunter, aged 81. was found fatal
q ly wounded just inside the fron
door of the house. Physician
Q state that Mrs. Ohlander wa
n the victim of an assault befor
= she was killed. A negro wa
h seen to enter the house with Al
" axe about the time the crime
> were committed. Rewa + d
n amounting to 81, 800 have bee
n offered for the capture of tn
a murderer.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-12-13

The crop-reporting board of
the Department of Agriculture
at Washington estimates that
the total production of cotton in
the United States for the season
19O9-191O will amount to 1885,
344, 900 pounds mot including
linters), equivalent to 1O,O88, 600
bales of 500 pounds gross weight
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-12-13

Foley's Kidney Remedy will cu~o an,
case OF kidney or bladder trouble "a
is not beyond the reach of mpd, ,e
Cures backacke and irregularitie 4
II neglected might result in Brl
disease or diabetes. Sold by all -. ;;
gists.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-29

Continued on Page Two.)
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-29
WAS CARNAT|0N DAY
Only Few Richmond People
Seen Wearing MckinIey's
Favorite Flower.
POSTMEN ARE DECORATED

The observation of carnation day
was not in the least general in this
city. The fayorite flower of the late
president, William Mckinley, was not
sold in any considerable quantities for
the day. The members of the local
postal department were presented
with beautiful specimens of the scar
let carnation by Postmaster Spoken
hier. So far as observation revealed
the general public paid little attention
to the custom.
The wearing of a carnation on Jan
uary % was originated by little
group of citizens of Canton. o. January
% is the anniversary of the birthday
of the martyred president and the
practice of wearing the flower has
spread throughout the United States.
In many of the large cities Mckinley
clubs we're organized several years
ago. On this date each has some way
of taking recognition of the day and
observing it appropriately There is
no organization OF the Kind in Rich,
.0oaA
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-29

of the city could not be resisted. All
efforts on the part of Mr. Bulla to in
duce him to return home have been
unavailing. The owner has been in
the city many times since the "deser-
tion" and while he is recognized and
greeted by his former faithful compan-
ion the dog refuses to abandon the
fascinating sport of motor chasing.
Automobiles all know the dog and
hate him. They have tried to run
over him, because he is a nuisance.
Only once was ever an autoist able to
catch him and that time one OF his
hind legs were run over but fortunate
ly, for the dog, not broken. For sew
eral weeks the dog ran automobiles
on three legs. All attempts to run
over him since his first accident have
proven vain ones. for the dogs one
experience seems to have taught him
how to avoid his naturally sworn en-.
emi0n
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-29
Today an Aged Woman Resid-
ing in New York Tenement
Was Found in Destitute
Condition.
UNFORTUNATE WOMAN
HAD BEEN ABANDONED
Has Two Sons Earning Good
Salaries Who Refused to
Support Her and One of
Them Is Sent to Jail.

New York. Jan. .29.-Ju bare hall
1863 East 123rd street, a reporter today
found Mrs. Margaret A. Field. desti-
tute and crippled with rheumatism.
whom her two lusty sons had aban-
doned in her old age. One of them she
has been forced to send to Jail until
he agrees to pay her So a week.
Mrs. Field is an educated and refined
woman, a trained nurse and, accord
ing to her own statement related to
the family of Marshall Field of Chi
cago. She said it grieved her to have
to force her son to help support her,
but that she would starve to death il
he did not help her. as she was no
longer able to earn a living as she had
done for the better part Of thirty years.
She is now Lightweight.
Sons Salary $1,000.
Mrs. Field appealed to the charities
department for help and this resulted
in the disclosure that one of her two
sons, George Fields. is a letter carrier
receiving a salary OF 81 ,2OO year. He
is married and has five children. He
was arrested and sent to the Tombs by
Judge Muloueet in the court Of. general
sessions until he makes up his mind to
pay his mother So week. Judge Null
queen said he was a disgrace TO civil
ization and ought TO commit suicide.
God knows that it distresses me to
know that l was the cause Of my son &
hy,v,, 1ins in, ri
Field today. But the time has come
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-29
Delay in Order to Observe the
Centennial of the Birth OF
Lincoln Cause of the Dis
pleasure.
| LOCAL VETERANS DID
NOT WAIT ON ACTION
Without Waiting for |nstruc-
tions From State Depart
ment, Commander Entered
Into Arrangements.

Members of Sol Meredith Post G. A.
R. are somewhat irate and quite dis
pleased by dilatory action on the part
of the headquarters of the Indiana de-
partment of G. A. r. Members of the
local organization criticize the man
agement of affairs at Indianapolis and
assert the methods followed are very
crude. lack system and encourage de-
lays that are very annoying. The
cause of the present complaint is due
to the apathy with which department
headquarters has acted in regard to
the obse rvance of the Lincoln centen-
airy. Orders in regard to Lincoln's s
birthday were issued at national head.
quarters November Il of last year
The department headquarters did not
send out orders applying in Indiana
until yesterday.
Post Did Not Wait.
Sol Meredith Post. however, had
not waited upon the department in.
structions and has gone ahead and
arranged to observe the event in con.
nection with the general celebration
conducted by the Young Mems Busi-
ness club. 1t will be necessary to
pay some respect to the department
instructions, so a committee has been
appointed to confer with a similar
committee of the Women's Relief
Corps. The department sent an out
line program for the exercises and
this will be followed. This meeting
will be held the evening of Friday
Feb. u at the Post rooms.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-29
MANY APPLICATIONS
Richmond Young Men Anxious
FIR Establishment of the
Night School.
PROBABLE COURSES STUDY

Members of the Y. NJ c. A. who are
desirOus to take courses of study in
the night school should hand in their
names Immediately. Although the a.
rangements have not been perfected
as yet, it is hoped the work will conf
mence early next month. Up to date
petitions to the officers that evening
classes be established are as follows:
Bookkeeping, 8; shorthand. 4; COM
mercial English 3; commercial law,
/: penmanship, 2; mathematics, A.;
grammar, l; mechanical drawing, g.;
freehand drawing, 2; water color
work, 2.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-29
Professional Auto Chaser
Collie Dog Forsakes the Quiet of His Rural Home to Follow
the Sport that Caphpated Him.

A dog with the motor craze is that
owned by Walter Bulla. farmer. liv,
ing several miles south of the city,
but which makes his abode in this
city. on Main street between Eighth
and Eleventh streets. There is never
machine which passes between these
three squares but that is not attacked
by the dog and he keeps up his run.
ming fight of barks and yelps for the
entire distance.
Mr.. Bulla in speaking about the dog
stated that until he brought him to the
city one day last summer the dog had
never been anything but a faithful
farm collie and one of the smartes,
he had ever owned. While on the
farm he never knew. of the dog being
off the place.
However, his infatuation for run
ming automobiles was developed in
this first visit to Richmond and he
deserted master and home The lure
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-29

ton. New Mexico. for restoration OF
his health He was threatened with
tuberculosis. The vacancy remained
untitled for several months and was
then offered to two persons, each re-
fusing The president then received
word of Mr. Cooley's rapid return to
health and he did not all the position
until today when he sent M Cooiey's
name 10 the senate.
He is one of the star performers Of
the presidents tennis cabinet
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-29
VOTE IN RANDOLPH
Local Option Election Is Be.
ing Held in That Coun-
ty Today.
INTEREST is SHOWN HERE

The vote in Randolph county on the
local option measure today was ex.
pected to be smaller than it would
cause of the weather Randolph coun.
ty is the nearest home any Of these
elections have been held. Coming
just one week before the election in
Wayne county, it is expected some in
fluence will be felt here as the result
of the vote. The drys are confiden. of
victory. The county is dry now un.
der the township remonstrance unit.