Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-11-09
ALABAMA NEWS

woRrrE Ala. Nov. s.-United states senator
John II. Bankhead wired friends here last nlsnS
nrnrrlwrnt ard will deliver an address - ne
voters o. the state in the next aew days, giVlng
his reasons for t.
MONTGOMERY. Ala. Nov. &C. R. Hnlyer
special examiner q the Interstate eonmeres
S-anmissioa. j. here today to take testimony n
a case q Dreyfus Brothers. candy makers,
against the Louisville aud Nashville and con-
Meeting lines. % Lake Charles. la, IN Whiel
Il l. ALLEGED that an overeharse OF S,S PEI
next TO Birmingham, % invesugate a ehargs
that the Louisville and Nashville railroad Il
overeharging i cents per hundred on pipe from
MONTGOMERY. Ala, Nov. 5.-The in
junction feature Of the Fuller prohibition
bin was fully upheld in decision BY
Judge william II. Thomas. Of the city
court today. who decides that the sheriff
was within the police power Of the state
IN closing suspicious places
MOBILE. Ala. Nov. 6-Arthur War
rem, the negro who held Up and shot w.
C. Wills at Alberta. Ala. last Wednes-
day and was brought TO Mobile for safe
keeping, chewed the cords that bound
his hands and jumped from a Southern
railway train last night and made HIS
escape. posse was quickly formed and
the negro was recaptured.
BIRMINGHAM. Ala. Nov. 6-The lit
the merchandise store OF James Crumley.
at Crumley chapel IN the western part Of
the county. in the mining regions, was
blown I'D with dynamite this morning ear
" and the proprietor Of the store serious
" injured. Bloodhounds were gotten out
ard two negroes traiIed and locked up at
Adamsville. There is much excitement In
that vicinity over the outrage.
MONTGOMERY. Ala, Nov. "A suit
for 81 $50 damages for refusal Of the
Louisville and Nashville railroad to sell
tickets at 2 10 cents a mile on Septem-
Der y. 1907. has been restrained by Judge
Thomas G. Jones. Of the United States
court
At that time the state laws fixing this
rate were enjoined. hence the effect OF
TIE sniff would be 20 open up endless
litigation. BY order Of the courts since
that time the roads are now enforcing
the low rates
- COALITION Ala. Nov. s-Miss Nina
Ward. one OF the students who became III
a the Athens Female college, ten days
ago. died yesterday from typhoid fever.
GREENvILLE. Ala. Nov. s-with
blo0d. strewn across Commerce and half
dcmen other streets. In the heart Of the
city the body Of Iva d. Baisden. aged 1e
years. was found at S o'clock this morn
ms on. the embankment 100 yards east OF
the court house. There was q pistol
wound in hts forehead, and pistol grasp
ed IN his hand.
y The young man left his parents home.
Hr. and Mrs. Homer Baisden. at o'clock
Friday night. saying he was going To a
cane mill with friends. but neither the
police nor sheriff are able TO ascertain
who accompanied the jovial young fellow
} on his pleasure expedition that resulted
In his death.
The suppVsirion OF suicide or an acct
dent Is act entertained BY anyone. Muir
der Is the only theory entertained. A cor
orner's jury. empaneled ~ o'clock. to
Investigate the affair. adjourned until 2
o'clock pending the investigation OF the
sherfff and the summoning OF witnesses.
The young man was strictly temperate
and was preparing himself for the minis
try. The. father of the young man has
offered a handsome reward for any In
FORMATION as TO how his son met his
death.