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The Greeley tribune., 1909-09-09

Teachers and School BOarsis
Prof Buffum's arid Agriculture
adopted by the Uniform Textbook
committee Ia for sale by J. V. Crone
and the various book stores in Gree
ley.
The Greeley tribune., 1909-09-09

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1t was another heavy session oi
the city council Tuesday night and
the chief discussion of railroad mat
ters took place behind the curtain,
Through some delay at the Denver
end. the Denver-Laramie people were
not ready with their ordinance for
final passage T. S. McMurray of
the Burlington withdrew the original
franchise ordinance of his company
and presented the draft of new or
dinance with map attached defining
the right of way for his road as
agreed upon with the Denver-Lara-
ME interests, The new document
was passed to the judiciary commit
tee. When the Denver-Laramle has
its ordinance in readiness, it is un-
derstood that both ordinances are
to be reported out of committee SIM
ultaneously.
c. D. Todd. local attorney for the
Denver-Laramie. said he had made
an effort to have the new ordinance
for his road in the council. but was
unable to get into communication
with officials in Denver. Mr. Nc |
Murray readily agreed TO allowing |
the Burlington ordinance to remain |
in committee until the other road
fled its new right of way map The
request was granted by council.
George Spear appeared again in
behalf of the petition for a franchise
for his road, it appearing that coun-
Gil had taken no action on the re-
quest made by Spear last Friday
night. Mr.. Spear said:
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of any action as to the request |
made at the last meeting. This was
made in order that our rights may
be protected along right and equita-
BILE lines. / wish to correct one er-
ror made by the newspapers. If /
remember correctly | was quoted as
saying that had invested $4,000
more than any officer of the Denver
Laramie. i have expended of nv
own money S25,00O more than all
the officers OF that company put to-
sether. 1t is impossible for anyone
10 show that we have not spent our
money in good faith. and | ask of
you the same treatment | should ac-
'ord you We're our positions revers-
ed; l am a taxpayer and one Of you
and want to be treated as such"
Alderman Howard; Just what
,re you asking for?"
A right of way along a survey
made more thpr .v~ wears ago and
filed with the city clerk 1t seems
to me gentlemen that 1t would be
only the courteous thing for you to
take that franchise from the table
where 1t was put nj the request of
the absent councilman (Adams) and !
let 1t drift along in its regular
course"
III any action was taken on Mr.. |
Spears petition, it was not reported |
in open council. The usual executive |
session started at 10 O'Clock and |
lasted until after the midnight hour. |
The Greeley tribune., 1909-09-09
TOWN BOARD
NEW Ilq

Special to the TFl'
Evans. Sept II
electric lights l@
mount at the ne'
board last nlgn'
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the proposition u!
makes for lighting
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visement and will !
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was appointed 70 )
and secure suossl| 81
pany asks that .ai,Il nH,Il
have lights ins'a..| Y
denres or places ~
is believed that ~ p
easily secured. Y
houses in town V,,,..s
rnndy for the llku-
The Greeley tribune., 1909-09-09
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Most /
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Are SI
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on his way to h
put in the fall +
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farmer, has I'LL
wheat this year Z
cry land tarnis1
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duced an aversn|
bushels to the a,1
uHered $50 an ID
land but refused ;
William Stoue |
der the ditch MI
gate a fve-acr. 1
season, reports
bushels to the ,
some fine spuds l
the Jim Boyd Vi
ley made ninety I
f NJ Page Of
district had irdd
made iifty-fye u
to the acre. TM
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The Greeley tribune., 1909-09-09

DR.. J. f. Vance, LaSalle
Office and residence opposite Pres
byterian church. Telephone Evans 35
The Greeley tribune., 1909-09-09
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night. and | feel .a, y
than ! have ,y'
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The Greeley tribune., 1909-09-09
Denver.Laramie Is Not
Ready For Final
Council Action
SPEAR AGAIN HEARD
Burlington Agrees to
Wait For the
Other Road

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:. passed by the city council last :.
:. night. although it was the pre- :.
). diction of yesterday that they :.
:. would be. Through some un- ::
:. explained delay the d., l.. & N. ::
:. W. did not have its ordinance ::
:. ready for final passage although :.
!. the Burlington representative =
:. had its new document in the ::
:. hands of council. =
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-14
WORK WITHOUT
 CHANCE TO PLAY

If there ever was a city that needed adequate park and playground facilities, it is Pittsburg. And yet according to Charles Mulford Robinson, writing in the February Pittsburg survey number of Charities and The Commons, the beauty of nature is almost unknown to the city $ workers
 Here Is a great industrial city. The scores of thousands of people whom the parks should serve are many of them for eigners, and the mass of them are work CTS over a single piece. Practically all of them work amid smoke and grime. They should be helped to appreciate nature, but they must be given first what they do understand and enjoy-entertainment, vi- vacity and brilliancy. If Schenley Park is little visited; a trolley park far away where swings and boats, slides and ponies, keep something going all the time, Is crowded day by day: and when, in the moonlight shadows lie on the hills of Schenley, and the stars look down on de- serted though free acres, other parks that are garish with @ blaze of electric lights are thronged with people who have glad ly paid a fee for admittance. There they find something to see and to do."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-14
SECRET WEDDING
 JUST MADE PUBLIC

New Orleans, February 13.-That he and Edna Wallace Hopper were married near ly three months ago was the announce ment made here this afternoon by A. o. Brown, who arrived in New Orleans from New York today. Miss Hopper is ap- bearing at a local theatre this week.
 The wedding of MT. Brown and Miss Hopper took place at the home of Jus tice James s. White in Freehold Mon mouth county, N. J., on November 25 1908 The marriage license was issued November IS, but the ceremony was de- layed a week. The witnesses were Miss Leona Anderson, MT. Louis Ginter Young and MT. Dennis O'Brien, the latter a friend of the justice, and an attorney for Miss Hopper. All parties were pledged to secrecy and the announcement of the affair was not made until the arrival here of MT. Brown today.
 Miss Hopper had this to say about the marriage:
 We did not announce the marriage at the time 1t took place because of the fact that both MT. Brown and myself were getting more notoriety than we wanted out of the unfortunate failure of August, and suits which followed. We made up our minds that we would keep the marriage a secret to fool smart re- porters and have good joke on them. And We succeeded, too for a certainty. We consider the joke good enough now. however, and don't mind the announce ment taking place.
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gray hair when the late Coke began the study of the law. We've had improve ments in everything else in the world, this last 50 years, except the speech that a lawyer makes to jury in a murder trial. Probably it gave satisfaction the first time and nobody has seen fit to change it since. It's partly the language of flowers and partly the defendants lit- tie child and partly the flora and fauna of this hemisphere and partly the declar- ation of independence, and at rare inter- vals a little something maybe about the case itself. To you or me, Larry, sitting at a safe distance, it sounds like the distressing symptoms of a man who's swallowed Webster's Unabridged and has then been siezed with violent nausea, but if we're on a jury we sit there in the jury box, our faces ajar and our orbs bugged out, wearing the bright intelligent expressions of school of goggle-eyed perch and just sopping 1t up through every pore.
 "So the judge charges the jury in lan- guage that was expressly thought up by the supreme court with a view to keeping anybody from understanding a blamed thing about it. Now comes the momen- tous moment when the fate of the &C., cused is put in the hands of his 12 jurors see any reliable newspaper headline. The jury retres. The prisoner endures the frightful strain as best he may by talk
 ing refreshing nap in the sheriffs of
 flee and the alert young reporters, ever
 upon the qui vive to catch the faintest
 rumor go off somewhere and plax 25-
 cent limit poker. And thus the breath less world awaits the verdict.
 ~-''And what do the conscientious and
 intelligent jurors do? I'll tell you what they do, Larry. They go to the jury
 room and after the foreman has looked . a his watch to see when he can catch a train for home, somebody says: Why should we mix into this unhappy affair ? The prisoner at the bar never did any thing to us. They say hanging is painful in the extreme, and the chair not much better. Besides. deceased might have been dead anyhow by now-he lived on auto mobile road and took patent medicine, as the evidence showed. So it being none of our business anyway, I move that we just let the matter drop But how'll we do it.? asks one of those overly particu-
 lar jurors who sometimes keep a murder jury out for as long as an hour and a half. We'll lay it on the Unwritten
 Law says the quick-witted foreman. Fine says the first speaker. Let us now give three cheers for the dear old Unwrit- ! ten Law And in 15 minutes from that time, Larry, the acquitted man. with the | glad cries of the local populace ringing I in his grateful ears and the tears of vim dication still damp upon his cheeks, Is ! on his way to the nearest hardware store | to what Improvements the Smith & Wesson people have thought up while he | was in jail"
 Sometimes 1t seems to me like it might | be good idea to lynch a few murderers, !" | said the House Detective.
 'Or a few jurors" said the Hotel
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-14
INSANE NEGRO'S
 DEADLY RAMPAGE

Memphis February 13.-Running amuck, attacking men, women and children and throwing the fashionable neighborhood about Poplar avenue and Dunlap street into a panic about o'clock this morn ing, a crazy negro was finally shot and killed by W. B. Clements.
 Armed with a knife, the negro attacked many white people. Women were com pelled to run from the streets, three men were knocked down by the black, ap- parently bent on murder, and one sus- tained a cut in the neck. Within a few minutes after the first appearance of the negro an armed posse was in pursuit, shots were fired after the racing black and finally he was shot three times.
 The dead negro was Henry Tate, be- lieved to have gone crazy on the subject of religion With a Bible in one hand and a knife in the other he first ap- peared at the grocery store of Henry Schultz, Poplar avenue and Leath street:
 Without a word the negro hit MT. Schultz a heavy blow on the jaw, knock ing him to the ground.
 'fYou are the murderer shouted the negro in a frenzied voice, and then he dashed through the store into the living apartments of the Schultz in the rear to Poplar avenue
 Pursued by a mob growing larger every minutes, but afraid to open fire because of the crowds in the street, Tate turned north on Leath street. w. B. Clement, 26 years old an engineer, armed with rife, joined in the chase, and running ahead of the balance of the pursuers, he fired with deadly aim at the negro. After running a short distance Tate dropped dead.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-14
RIVER STEAMER
 BADLY POUNDED

Louisville, Ky, February 1S.-A proph- ecy of old river men was realized today when the Peters Lee, plying between Gin cinnati and Memphis, was caught in the famous Indiana chute in the Ohio river at this point, pounded against the rock dam and for a time was seriously threat ened. After several futile attempts to buck the current she anchored and her 1o passengers were taken off. Most of them were bound for Memphis. Small injury was done the cargo or vessel
 River men believe that the chute along the falls here will get the wisest" of boats in time. This is the Peters Lee s hardest experience.
 Later the agents of the Peters Lee announced that her passengers would re- turn north tonight and the boat proceed to Memphis tomorrow, morning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-14
FIREMEN CRUSHED
 BY TOPPLING WALL
Five Men Are Killed and Four
 Others Injured
LOSS QUARTER OF MILLION
Two Companies of Bremen Are Sta toned on Wall and Roof of Piano Concern and Another Wall
 Tumbles Upon Them.

Milwaukee, Wis, February 13.-F'ive fire men were killed and about dozen in jured, two fatally; by the toppling over of brick wall while fighting fire in the big plant of the H. W. Johns-Man- vile Manufacturing company, No. 22o Cleybourne street, this afternoon. An em- ploye of the concern received burns in his attempt to escape from the burning building, which resulted in his death at hospital. The pecuniary loss is esti- mated at $25O00O, covered by insurance. Of this amount $50 600 damage is borne by the Waltham Piano company. Charles F. Netzow, president.
 List of the dead
 James Cunning, assistant chief age 4.
 Leonard F. Curtis, age 31, pipeman.
 John F. Craft, pipeman, age S2.
 Joseph Belnski, age 22, plpeman.
 Nathaniel J. Whaley, lieutenant, age S9.
 Thomas Petches, 1aborer, dashed from building, a mass of flames, died of in- jurise at emergency hospital
 Bremen injured:
 Jack McGee, repairman, skull fractured, will die.
 Otto Nimmer. driver, back broken, will die.
 Joseph J. Kulas, pipeman, face and neck burned, scalp wounds,
 Paul Lempke, burns and other injuries
 Six others were not seriously injured. Two companies of flremen were stationed on a wall and roof of the Waltham piano building, south of the H. ". Johns-Man- vile plant, when the rear wall of the Johns-Manvllle concern bulged outward and crushed down.
 The firemen were caught under the mass of brick and timber which smashed through the roof of the piano warehouse, carrying the men to the floor below.
 It was some time before the accident became generally known. Then there was a rush to rescue One by one the injured and dead were dragged from beneath the mass of doris until all had been accounted for. The injured were taken to the Emer- gency hospital and the dead to the morgue or to their homes. There were many af- feeting scenes at the hospital and morgue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-14
TAFT ON TALKING
 TOUR OF SOUTH
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 roses and lilies of the valley. Governor Noel attempted to introduce Mir. Taft, but the enthusiasm of the crowd drowned his words, and MT Taft began his speech without formal introduction.
 Twice after the President-elect had con- cluded his remarks he was called back by the enthusiastic thousands. Asked as to the Panama canal he said it was cer- tain of construction. and pleaded with the people of Mississippi and the south to stand by the engineers, who were giving the best in them to make the waterway a monument to American enterprise.
 Drawn out by one of the crowd on what would be done with the tariff on lumber, MT. Taft evaded a direct answer assuring the crowd that the republican party, in formulating a tariff bill, would have in mind the prosperity of the south as much as any other section. Instead of three minutes, as he first proposed MT. Taft spoke and 'jolled' with the crowd for the whole of the 15 minutes the train stopped.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-14
Root We'll Pleased.

Hot Springs, Ark, February 13.+Highly pleased at the turn of affairs by which Senator Knox may accept the portfolio in the Taft cabinet held by himself in the Roosevelt cabinet, Senator-elect Elihu Root of New York today evinced his satisfaction that the Senate had taken the initiative in the removal of any im- pediment in the way of anticipated change. MT. Root was In close conversa- tion with the state department during the period of doubt, although he refused to discus the matter for publication. He now regards the issue as settled.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-14
PANAMA LOCK CANAL DEPENDS
 ENTIRELY UPON THE GATUN DAM
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t1ON 1AN AAOh AsJ -~~~~~~~~-~-~-~~~~-~~ ~~~-~~~~o-o~~~~--~~0~o-o~"~ when the construction of the dam is con- pleted."
 Iooked at from this viewpoint the prob lem assumes a different aspect Consider this. also Col G.oethals is Tn charge Of the work. He has investigated fully the underlying soil. he has considered tine matter from every scientific viewpoint. This dam is the crux of the entire canel. If the dam is a success the canal will be a success. and George ". Goethals will take rank among the worlds great men. If it fails
 Taft Is Satisfied.
 MT. Taft examined the dam site from every viewpoint and was carried from point to point in the special train which was always in waiting for him at Calebra. He asked hundreds of questions and it was not until he had exhausted tho sub ject and was conducted into the site of the upper lock-the one nearest Colon, that a smile of satisfaction broke over his serious face. and with a glow of patriotic pride he exclaimed to one of the party:
 DO you grasp 1t now, Bill? Do you gee what a tremendous thing it is. and yet after all. how perfectly simple under the plans laid down.. He and Mrs. Taft constantly alighted from the train and climbed over rocks and dirt beds. Taft talking with the en- gineers and explaining the work to his wife.
 Now you see, Nellie" he would say, "here will be the first lock. Ships com ing through from Colon will first enter here and be lifted up one-third of the distance of S5 feet right where we are standing now. The lake will be over there" and so on.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-14
Naval Regulations Changed

Washington, February 13.-A naval commander may hereafter command a battleship as the result of a change just made in the naval regulations Heretofore officers of this rank could not command vessels of greater inn portance than protected cruiser. Commander Sims, the Presidents s naval aid, will be given the captaincy of one of the battleships early next month.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-14
KNOX HAS STILL
 HARD ROW TO HOE
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~~~-~~~s~-~-~-~-~-~-~e~~ e~~~--~-~-~-~>~-~~~~~~~~~~ below what in the judgment of Congress it should be, with the hope which in this case is almost certainty of the salary being restored to it's present amount, that that would not be clear evasion of the plain provision of the constitution.
 The office of Secretary of State will probably be held for eight years by it's next incumbent, and a designing senator could reasonably anticapte that. although his salary would be temporarily reduced in the closing years of his senatorial term. at the expiration of that term 1t would, through his influence, be restored"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-14
Violent Quake at Reuuio.

Reggie February 13.-A violent un- dulatory vertical earth shock was felt here at $50 o'clock this evening. It lasted ten seconds, threw down many damaged walls and created a panic among the people, who fled from their houses, terror-stricken. There were no fatalities. The shock was felt throughout Calabria.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-14
Telephone Manager Exonerated.

Meridian, Miss, February 13.-(SpeclaI) J. D. Tucker, manager of the Home Teie- phone company. arrested on affidavit by Attorney F. V. Brahan on the charge of practlcing law without a license, was given a hearing before Justice Dabney this afternoon and discharged. Delegates to the Mississippi grand lodge of Masons, which convenes here Monday, are be- ginning to arrive in the city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-14
Count castellane In New York.

New York, February 13.-(Special.) Count Stanislaus Castellane, brother of Count Boni, arrived here today on the steamer La Provence, en route to Cuba to visit his wife's relatives who live there. The countess is accom- panying him. She was a Senorita Tarry, daughter of a wealthy Cuban planter, who met her at the pier. Count Stanislaus declined to discuss his brothers affairs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-14
Pleasant to Her.

Bl om the Catholic Standard and Times Miss Cbatters always speaks of him as a good conversationalist.
 "Well?"
 well, he cart talk at all. He merely sits and listeEs-'
 Quite sol A tallSative woman's idea of good conversationalist is man who is willing to absorb talk"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-14
To Investigate Dispensaries.

Columbia, s. C., February 13.-The general assembly Is considering bill to investigate the various county dis pensaries. There have been charges as to irregularities in some of the county dispensaries, but the cases have not been named The bill was introduced by the prohibitionists.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-14
Little Boy Burned to Death.

Columbus, Ga, February 13.-(Special)- The 3-year-old son of J. L. Lilton, who lives three miles south of Crawford, Ala, was burned to death In the field where his father was burning grass. His g. year-old brother was severely burned try ing to extinguish the little one's clothing They were some distance from their father
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-14
FREE DEAFNESS CURE.

A remarkable offer by one of the leading ear specialists in this country, who will send two months medicine free to prove his ability to cure deafness, head noises and catarrh. Address pr. c. M. Brana- man. 1466 Walnut street, Kansas City, Mo. 1-3-eos-2st
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-14

"That' s no lie," we said it and we mean it. "The largest in the world" What is it? The Post Card Exchange-the place where you find everything diff ferent from the other fellow the ladies resort.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-14

of war than we are now, or that we will until we assume that position.
 Defects of Navy
 "In my position you will readily un derstand the delicacy 1t would be for me to say to the public whether there is any defect al all in our navy of to- day. But, a matter of fact, I will make the statement that no country ever had or has now such a comple- ment of trained men-men who know how to fire, who know how to man ships, who know the science of ma rine fighting.
 T may make reference here some what personal. Never in the history of naval warfare was there such an end Ing to such a terrible half days battle as at Santiago, when the ships of foreign nation-every one fof them were captured and every man on them, either dead or alive, was rescued, the dead given decent burial, the living their liberty"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-14
Woodlawn Wins.

Woodlawn defeated the Young Mems Christian associations business boys at basketball last night, 15 to 8. It was m exciting contest both teams showing up in good form