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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-31
LADY'S MURDER IS
 FULL OF MYSTERY
Prominent People Summoned Co Testi- fy at Ohio Inquest over Miss
 Nellie R. Harris.

wapakoneta, O.. October 3o.-Mystery surrounding the death of Miss Nellie R. Harris. who was found dead in her room October 23 was not cleared up at the coroner's inquest today and investi- gation was adjourned until next Tues day.
 Sensational testimony was given at the coroners hearing, several witnesses testi- flying that 1t would have been impossible for Miss Harris to have shot herself in view of the position of the wounds. Miss Harris was daughter of the late former Congressman Harris of this district.
 A dramatic development of the last 24 hours occurred late last night when offi- cers with subpoenas for three prominent women of this city broke in the doors of the house where they were stopping and summoned them as witnesses at the hearing today. All three of the women were greatly excited and none of them appeared before the court today, the statement of physicians being that they were too i'll to appear.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-31
LITTLE INTEREST IN NEW YORK FIGHT
DEMOCRATS SEEM TO cAhE LIT TILE HOW ELECTION COMES OUT 5EcAusE TAM N ANY HAS KNITTED PARTY so MUCH.

Washington, october So-(Special.) 1.-The New York mayoralty campaign has ex- cited less interest this year than ever before. Tammany Is in so bad with the democratic party generally that few dem ocrats care how the election goes. The organization knifed Parker and Bryan in their presidential races and It. tie dependence can be placed In 1t if the organization finds It advantageous to trade off. It Is nevertheless true that the machinery had better be in the hands of Tammany tha nof either Hearst or Ban nard, for there is a possibility that the democrats may nominate candidate in 1912 who would command the support of Tammany than of either Hearst or Ban no reason to expect anything from Hearst, while in the event of Bannard's s election the entire machinery would be turned against the democratic presidential candidate. Visitors from New York think Gaynor will certainly win owing to the fact that Tammany's interests are at stake, and his defeat would turn the purse over to the other side. As far as New York city itself is concerned the city is as well governed under Tammany as 1t would be under Barnard or Hearst.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-31
MAN RUNS AMUCK
 WITH BIG KNIFE
Stabs Six People in Cincinnati During Halloween Frolic Before
 Being Captured.

Cincinnati, October 30.-Charles Barker, a laborer. ran amuck this evening at the entrance to the Pearl street market and before he was captured he had stabbed six people with a butcher knife. opa of whom may die.
 The streets were crowded with Hal loween throngs when Barker suddenly dashed at William T. Winstandley a travelling salesman from Louisville, Ky, and stabbed him under the left shoulder The mad man then rushed down Pearl street striking at passersby. Five cther men were cut but not seriously injured
 Barker was finally captured after a fierce struggle with patrolman, during which the officers uniform was slashed into ribbons.
 Winstandley was removed to hospital where his condition was declared to be serious.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-31
TODAY's AGE-HERALD.

1-Outsider wins Vanderbilt cup.
 Taft spends evening in little French
 restaurant.
 Franklin county man kills wife and
 mother-in-law and shoots father-in-
 law.
 Army was badly hurt in football game.
 Uncle Joe laughs at the insurgents 2-Campaigners have busy day in Ala
 bama. s-Senator Rogers speaks at Bessemer
 on amendment.
 Conner silent on state deficit.
 Alabama will finght hookworm. 4-Republicans win fight amendment 5-Final preparations for Taft visit.
 Confederate veterans on record against
 amendment.
 Boys have expensive Halloween fun. 9-Bryan and Roosevelt characterized as
 conservative. 10-Results of football games. 11---Negro soldiers in French colonies. dESociety. i5--Washington on big anniversary. l6-Nicho1as' Wall street letter. I7-AIabama Normal in fine shape. 21-Birmingham street railway dispatch
 ers- 2s-Lfterary Lights and Shadows e4Ferrero on Hartman. &-Pioneer Days, by Mary Gordon Duffee. a 27-Jewish farmers give first fair. 2S-Editorial 29-Dr. Hiden on "Some Blunders of the
 Biblical World
 Zebulon Baird Vance, by Savoyard. Dr. Evans on Faust" 30--Boston man made first piano player. S1--The Heavens in November. 82-Women as burglars.
 Pay expenses with hotel tips. s3-Unsettlement in stock market
 New influences depress wheat
 May cotton goes above 15 cents. s5-Mandy starts to see the pr esident 36-Heart to Heart Talks, b3 Edwin A
 Nye. 37-Gossip of the theaters sS-Dolly Dalrymple's gossip for women. 39-Conditions good in Ensley 40--How your hat is made
 Moving a herd of buffalo. 41--Young Folks page. 42-Happy Hooligan still in trouble
 China's New Rulers, by Frank c. Car
 penter. 4s--Jimmy takes an automobile ride. A--Buster has an automobile.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-31
DRESSED UP AND AWAITING THE GUEST
n,,al clalm. ,s slayoral.y Fisnt.

New York, October s0.--The tri-
 angular campaign for mayor of
 Greater New York saw the begin-
 , ming of It's end tonight in a burst of oratory and red fire and with
 the bosses and managers claiming
 everything in sight. Voters will
 cast their ballots on Tuehdhy. We shall carry every borough and cleo, practically every officer of New York city,. WAS the claim of Charles r. Murphy. the leader of Tammany.
 "Gavnor will get more votes
 than Barnard and Hearst put to- gether. Hearst will run second" Otto l.. Barnard, the republican nominee, said that the conserva- tive estimates by republican lead
 CTS showed that he would defeat Gaynor by from 40.00 to 50,000.
 and would outrun Hearst by more than 100000.
 Hearst managers said that he
 would receive 270.00o votes. in- dicating a plurality of about 10o,- 900. Hearst was the only one of the
 trio who did not speak tonight William J. Gaynor spoke at an
 uptown riding academy, and Ban nard delivered six speeches, the
 principal one at Cooper Union.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-31
SOUTH TO AID IN
 HOOKWORM FIGHT
TELEcRAMs ARE REACHING DIR. STILES FROM ALL SECTIONS OFFERING TO COOPERATE. SENDS REFRESHMENTS.

Washington, October 3o.-Interest in the crusade to be made against the hookworm in the southern states, made possible by the munifcence of John D. Rockefeller, already has taken wide scope. according to advices received here. From all parts of the south telegrams have poured into the office of Dr. Charles Wardell Stiles, the discoverer of the hookworm disease and a member of the Rockefeller com- mission, pledging the most hearty co-op- eration of health officers and physicians throughout that section
 Sd great has been the interest in Vir- 9inia. occasioned by the announcement of the proposed campaign for the eradica- tion of the disease, the board of health of that state sent Dr. Behman to this city where, today. he held a conference with pr. stiles with view to co-operat- ing with the commission. He was fur nished with all possible data on the sub feet. and left here fully prepared to in- augurate the work in his state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-31
ACCIDENTS IN
 GOOD ROADS RUN
Dust Begrimed and Weary the New York Tourists Reach Charlotte
 on Way to Atlanta.

Charlotte. N C., October a0.--Headed by Ty Cobb in his Chalmers Detroit, the New York-to-Atlanta durability tourists. dust begrimed and weary. reached Charlotte at 3:35 this afternoon and were greeted by cheering thousands. The best time on the run of 13S miles from Winston-Sa- lem was made in car No 27, the Max wall, driven by Dupre and McNeal of Marietta Ga, which was six hours and 33 minutes. being one hour and 2 minutes less than the allowance. One car, the stesrns driven by Col. W. L. Peel of At lanta, was disabled on today's run and has not checked in. The car of the Bell Telephone company caught fire in the streets nero tonight and was consider ably damaged.
 The iorr.sgs gre guests of the Southern Malusactuzers' club tonight at banquet, while Tyrus Cobb is the guest of the local baseball association at the Selwyn hotel.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-31
NINE KILLED BY
 FIRE IN VERMONT
FLAMES RUSHING UP ELEVATOR
 SHAFT SPREAD ThRouaH Liv- ING APARTMENTS AND FIRE MEN ARE UNABLE TO CHECK IT.

St. Johnsbury Vt, October so.-(Spe- cial)-Nine persons lost their lives. seven were seriously hurt and seven more in- jured by fire early today that practi- cally destroyed the five-story Citizens Savings Bank block. Business enter prises were conducted on the first floor, while the remainder were given over to apartments.
 The dead are
 Charles T. Ranlet. a printer, died in- stantly after falling from a rope.
 Leonard T. Darling, a barber, died in same manner
 restaurant where the fire is believed to have started.
 Steven Cushman, a carpenter.
 Mrs. Cushman.
 Bernice Cushman, years old.
 Mrs. May Sleeper.
 Herbert R. Tanner.
 Mrs. Tanner.
 The most dangerously injured are: Leo nard Pope. dying at hospital; Mrs. c. P Davie. dying; Abraham Pope, severely burned; Ray Smith, seriously burned; Guy Cheney, severely burned: Carl Howe, se- verely burned; George l. Severance. se- yerely burned.
 The fire Is believed to have started in the restaurant of c. F. Stollelker & Son, on the ground floor The flames shot up an elevator shaft and spread through the living apartments. It was o'clock in the morning when the tenants were in bed. Before the firemen reached the fire it had gained such headway that they were unable to check it. The fremen gave their attention to rescuing the ten ants. It was found that the ladders were too short, only reaching the third-story windows.
 Some of those in danger were on the fourth and fifth floors and slid down ropes and reached the tops of the ladders. Ran let and Darling. while making an at tempt of this character. lost their holds on the rope and dashed to their deaths.
 The loss is estimated at about $125 GOO
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-31
POLITICS AMONG INSURGENTS Cannon Calls the Movement All
 "Tommyrot' LITTLE TALK AT SMOKER Speaker Has Setting of Prize Ring and Chorus Girls for Vigorous
 Remarks About the
 Minority"
LITTLE TALK AT SMOKER

New Orleans, October 30-Speaker Can non tonight defied the insurgents and de- clared the recent attacks upon him to be
 peanut politics. and 'tommyrot." The setting for the speakers gladiatorial en- trance was picturesque. He stood upon the stage of the Athenaeum, where Pres ident Taft had appeared a few hours earlier to advocate waterways impro ge- ments. Within a few feet of Speaker Cannon was pugilistic ring. set up fop the use of a pair of boxers who were to entertain the crowd a little later In the wings nearby, in their abbreviated skirts, sat throe or four dancers who were also to take part in the programn1e. The oc- casion was a smoker arranged by the business mon of New Orleans for the amusement of the senators, congressman. governors and other distinguished vis,<ors to the waterways convention. Just be- fore the speaker rose to his feet in re- sponse to loud yells of Cannon he mallet and cigar that looked like a fence rail.
 This" he began" swinging the great gavel over his head might be called a setting maui. but If 1t were in the hands of a presiding officer would represent the authority of the majority, the author ity of the House of Representatives, of your city council MT. Mayor (address- ing his remark to Mayor Behrmann), or of whatever deliberative body you will. The moment that the man who holds the gavel ceases to represent the will of the majority his name is Dennis
 There has been whole lot of foolish- ness, of tommyrot indulged in by few fellows of the minority who have not been able to swing the majority-fel- lows who have said that if we stood still we were blessed, and if we moved we were damned-fellows who said that this autocratic parsonage (here the speaker threw back his coat and strutted around the stage) parsonage was colossus be- striding 400 members of Congress and ninety millions of people. That's all tommyrot and peanut politics.
 This is called smoker, let's smoke"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-31
ROberSon Kills WJe
 And His MO1her-in-Ld1V
Also Wounds His Father-in nLaw J. Will Clarke, We'll Known Citizen of Darlington in Franklin County borhood Is Thoroughly Aroused and Summary Punish
 ment May Follow Capture of the Assassin.

pistol and after words with them be- gan firing.
 Before he could be stopped his wife and mother-i -in-law had fallen under the straight aim of the assassin and MT. Clarke was wounded.
 Roberson escaped after the shooting and has not yet been found, although posses are securing the country for him.
 Roberson also shot at J. Gaisser after the killing. but the bullets went wild.
 Warrants were sued out for the arrest of Roberson last week, charged with as saulting his wife, and he had been in hid ing around Darlington since. Blood hounds have been telegraphed for, and ex- citement is so intense that he will prob ably be lynched If he Is found tonight.
 J. W. Clarke is very poor man. He has been section foreman on the Northern Alabama railroad here for 20 years, and had many friends.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-31

Russellville, October 30.--(Speeial )--Tom Roberson, section hand who for the past week has been a fugitive from jus tice, shot and killed his wife, her mother, Mrs. J. Will Clarke, and wounded MT. Clarke this afternoon at Darlington, four miles from Russellvile.
 It seems that Roberson had failed to support his wife and she was living with her father and mother and had sued him for divorce. The first of the week Rob- erson is said to have whipped and choked his wife and then threatened to kill her. together with her parents, and was to have committed the deed yesterday. He had so notified them. it is said, but failed to appear, and nothing was thought of the matter until Roberson came this after noon with a shotgun and an automatic
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-31
Cardinals in Little Rock.

Little Rock, Ark, October 30.-(Spe- cial. )-Manager Finn of the Little Rock club today concluded an ar with Manager Bresnahan whereby the St. Louis Cardinals will train in Little Rock again next spring. The players will report February "A and the main body will come on week later. In return Bresnahan will give Little Rock an infielder.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-31
Institute Ralses sso,ooo.

Kansas City, Mo, October 30.- Franklin Institute, a social settlement, brought to successful conclusion here today its campaign for $50000 in contributions began in order to se- cure like amount from Thomas w. Ewope, who died early this morning. MT. Swope proposed to give the insti- tuition $50,000 for a new building, his desire being that it should be mod elled as closely as possible after Hull House in Chicago. MT. Swope's note for the amount is now in inscrow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-31
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Sold Girl for $50.
chicago. october so.-ch!

Chicago, October 3o.-Chsrged with selling a young woman for $50 into white slavery" Mrs. J. frank, Southside woman was ar rested here today. The formal charge made against her was pan dering.
 Mrs. Frank was trapped by the police, who had suspected her and sent representatives of a neigh bor-
 hood improvement organization to see her. They contracted to buy A young woman from her for $50. She delivered to them a young girl. As the men left the house with the girl, police officers arr rested Mrs. Frank and held the
 girl as witness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-31
Count Proves To Be Waiter.

Paris, October 30.--The romance surrounding Count and Countess Gu bato, who were arrested recently on the charge of having obtained jewels to i. large amount by fraudulent means, has collapsed, the police hav- ing discovered Gubato was waiter in various hotels in Austria and is not the son of Archduke Othone. as he represented.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-31
Cuts Officers and Is Shot.

Arlington, Ga.. October 30.-After seriously cutting Marshals Timmons and Calhoun, while resisting arrest here today, J. w. Crawford of Ha- vana, Fla, was shot and almost in stantly killed. Crawford was being taken to jail and asked permission to stop and make cigarette. Instead he drew an open knife from his pocket and stabbed the officers, both of whom fired on him as he turned to run.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-31
WiIlr,e Britt Dead.

San Francisco, October 30.--Willus Britt, the well-known sporting man of this city, and brother of the former lightweight champion. James Edward Britt, died sud- denly this afternoon at St. Joseph's hos. pital Willus Britt was formerly man ager of Stanley Ketchel, Battling Nelson and other pugilists.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-31
At Jackson, Miss.

Jackson, Miss, October 30-(Special.)-- Several thousand saw Jackson's football team wallop South Mississippi college from Hattiesburg today, il to O. The bat tie was hard fought
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-31
Race. in Montgomery.

Montgomery October 30.--Five thousand people saw Barney Old- field and Kirscher. the German pilot, race over the fast mile track at vand.ver park r ere today on the closing sftarnccn nf the state fair. Oldrold won the inatoh slce a,ra troas Che track records from to 70 andles He planned to yide [ the co=ts ur so sC mllss, 3St tist troubles rlevsneed him from doing so. Oldneid leaves tomorrow for the Birming- ham races.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-31
ARMY MAN MAY DIE FROM CAME INJURY Buffale Boy Is Caught In
 Scrimmage FATHER SEES ACCIDENT Depression Cast Over Academy--Aeci- dent Similar to That at Annap- oils Two Weeks Aao-Roth
 Probably Fatal.
FATHER SEES ACCIDENT

West Point, N. r., October s0.--Eugene
 Byrne of Buffalo, N. T., a member of
 the senior class of the United States Mili-
 tary academy, and tackle on the varsity
 football eleven, lies in the cadet hos
 pital tonight, semi-conscious and partly
 paralyzed, because of injuries he received
 today in the army game with Harvard,
 when he was subjected to terrific pressure
 in scrimmage.
 His condition is critical.
 The accident following 80 closely upon
 the injury to Mids1hipnan wilson, who sustained a fracture of the eighth verte- bra at Annapolis tive uneks ago today, has aroused a feeling 5f neAsiiseHs s.mong the cadets that the government may take some action to curtail footbau No an nouncement to this effect was made at West Point tonight however.
 Young Byrne was 90 years old in July
 last, and Is a son of John l5yrne. former
 chief of police of Buffalo and ex-sheriff
 of Erie county, New York. The father
 was in the grandstand when the accident occurred and when he saw his son lying
 unconscious on the field he sprang from his seat and ran to the group of players who surrounded the injured boy. He has remained at his bedside ever since. Mrs. Byrne was notified of the accident tonight and will arrive in West Point In the morning.
 The accident occurred after 10 minutes of play in the second half during mass play by Harvard through Byrne and Pur- nell, the arny's left tackle and left guard. respectfully. The Crimson attack. led by Fish and Fisher, Harvard's right tackle and guard, struck Byrne viciously. He was forced to the ground and the play CTS piled over him. When the mass un- tangled itself he was found lying uhcon- scious and surgeons immediately began their attempts to revive him. The pa probably caused by either pressure or q blow on the solar plexus.
 The surgeons are hopeful but his con- dition is nevertheless extremely grave. The accident has created marked de- pression throughout the academy. Annapolis, October 30.--Midshipman Will son, the crack quarter back of the Naval academy team, was resting quietly this evening, though no hopes are entertained | of his recovery. He was injured two weeks ago today. in the game with Villa | Nova, when he suffered fractured yer 1 tebra. His injury, apparently, is similar | to that suffered today by Cadet Byrne l in the West Point Harvard game. The Naval academy people were deeply l affected when the news of Cadet Byrne's l injury reached here, and as soon as it be- | came known that the injury was serious 1 a telegram from the brigade as whole | was sent expressing sympathy with the | corps of cadets at West Point.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-31

New Orleans. october sc.
 President Taft and select ! are dining tqpight at one of esque litti restaurants over
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-31

sCoNTINUED ON PAGn s')
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-06-09

the last soldier tossed among the rushes.
Very frank but rather
Nowadays the who does the work sis his master
He works will But when Patten
the beedear wheat who raised the
last the who
works for gets just so much less for his dollar
the price
of meat the stockman but the wokman
is thinner
only there the beledearls feed their bank
bought for
the wife the the yachts and the
priceless paintings.
thep college the library to
build; the church and the literary
There for Regges
girl friends and lawyer must have his
his which hedge round the
him the mob and those
valiant the "pubic servants?
these fed and artisan gets his
portion prices make
envelope shrink
But his the table, and he only what left
he has fight for it then, fight with the half
doghe disempoyedor that that the end
table much whatever been given to
charity by the master.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-06-09
WHAT JOHN L. TOLD THE WOMAN
REPORTER ABOUT FIGHT AND POLITICS

bunch of us talking together. |
used to ask Hughes, We'll, Johnny,
you must be about rs years old
now. amt your He'd answer:
Sullivan, it amt any of your
consumed business how old am
or how much l weigh, nor what
kind of weather it's goin' to be to-
morrow. If it rains, | can't help
it.
John l.. paused a moment to
chuckle heartily over the recollec-
ton.
We'll" he continued. finally. II
don't worry about my weight. I'm
perfectly well and what more does
anybody want?"
Then Mr.. Sullivan drifted to
books and authors, plays and va
riety of other subjects.
brought him back to fights and
fighters.
what do you think of the talk
of a fight between Jeffries and
Johnson?" l asked.
81 don't take much stock in any
fighters line of conversation when
he begins to talk about being ready
to fight in IS months or So" was
the prompt reply.
Its just as If the United States
said to the Japs: I'm not ready
to mix right now. but if you get
fresh about Is months from now
and care to fight, why, I'll be
Johnny-on-the-spot. When the IS
months rolled around, it's ten to
one shot there wouldn't be any
fighting. When fellow or ma
ton talks fight it's up to either
one of them to stand ready to
make good on the talk any min
ute"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-06-09

There thing stealing
who lived six eight centuries ago-they frank.
Take it in Merrie
AT the head of table beted
him the brought drink he
his
He passed the guest noble
blood his their fill
Next the dishes passed to the children of the house, the
who lived by their rather the
who fed in dness because they bdear pleased
the intellectual parasites
and hunmen might their cold dishes
the with the
fagonsdnk the just bitter
dregs.
was
table, upon peo
gentle language day.
"yokes"
work They raised the harvested them They butchered
the beef
and his family friends faes menatams had had
What the the floor entirely the
Of the appetite Of the classes"
And he haEstarved dogs the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-06-09

IF folks ask in the right sort of
way, | don't see why anybody
should object to telling their age
and weight-if they kno wthe fig
ures. Btu If folks are just inquisi-
tive, ! feel they should get the
same dope that an old friend of
mine, Johnny Hughes, used to pass
out. Johnny was fire chief in
Kentucky. He was a little chap
and didn't like to tell his age or