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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-07

Detroit, Mich, January 6.-The dismem- bered body of the Rev. J. H. Garni- chael, a Methodist minister, was found today partially consumed by fire in the two heating stoves of one of his three churches. in the southwestern part of St. Clair county.
 Investigation was begun at once to clear away a temporary uncertainty as to the identity of the victim and to obtain clews regarding the murderer and the motive for the crime.
 Identification of the dead clergyman was soon effected by Orville Lindsay. who was sent to the church for that purpose by Mrs. Carmichael, who had been in great distress since her husband failed to return home as expected last even ing, and who surmised that the minister was the victim as soon as she heard the report that some one had been murdered in the Columbus church.
 But the clews to the murderer and his motive were more difficult to obtain There was rumor that a strange man had left a train at Hickey late in the afternoon and had been directed to the Columbus church, and there were other rumors indicating that two men were implicated in the crime. The fact that several coins were found in the cloth ing of the dead man, and In the ashes of the stoves precluded the theory of robbery, and at the time of his death it was not known that the murdered min ister had an enemy in the world.
 The Rev. Carmichael had been in Mich igan about ten years and for two years had been pastor of the three churches at Columbus, Adair and China. With his wife and three children he resided at Adair. Leaving home yesterday morn ing he told Mrs Carmichael that he was going to Columbus to arrange for a se- ries of revival meetings there. He waved his hand affectionately to a group of children as he drove out of the village of Adair, and from that moment all trace of him Is lost.
 Myron Brown, who lives near the scene 1 of the tragedy, was the first to discover the crime today. While he was waiting at the cross roads to keep an appoint ment the cold wind drove him to seek | shelter in the church. He was surprised l to find the church doors unlocked and upon opening them was terrified to see 1 the church floor, the pews and even the l communion table daubed with blood and | fragments of bloody clothing scattered all around. Evidently the clergyman, who
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-07
Counsel for Night Riders Gets Gall Down by Judge During Trial
 
TRIES ID BRING KILLING
 OF CARMACK INTO CASE
Attorney Pierce Attacks Patterson For Offering Pardon To Witnesses In Case and Sending Soldiers
  Into the County. .

Union City, Tenn, January 6.-After a bitter attack upon the governor of the state, and an attempt to bring the kill ing of former United States Senator Ed ward Carmack into the night rider cases. late this afternoon Rice Pierce senior counsel for the accused night riders. was reprimanded by Judge Jones. MT. Pierce was preparing to close and was discuss ing the testimony of Fehringer. Hogg and Morris, the three night riders who turned states evidence. He launched into A violent denunciation of Governor Patter- son
 The governor of the state, after send ing an army into Obion county to trample upon the rights of the people, to snatch honest men from their homes. and bully them and abuse them, then offers re- ward of $1000O for the arrest of Rankin's murderers," said Pierce Now. I do not approve of crimes. I denounce murder. whether it is cowardly assassination on the streets of our capital city or any equally cowardly murder on the banks of Reelfoot lake But I submit that all men are equal before the law, and the man or men who assassinated Carmacx are entitled to no better treatment than those WnO klIleQ Rankin.
 After ifling Obion county with the army and abusing It's citizens. what does Patterson do, this governor of the state? He sends Tor Frank Fehringer and Her. schel Hogg and Wad Morris and he brings them to perjure themselves to send honest men to the gallows.'
 Several times the attorney repeated the charge and then Judge Jones said:
 ''The court does not believe that the judiciary should permit to pass unno- ticed this assault upon the chief execu- tive of the state. There is nothing in the testimony to sustain counsels charges. The witnesses swore repeatedly that what Governor Paterson told them was that if they would tell the truth he would give them an unconditional pardon, and see that they got out of the country. Tn no way is in evidence that he offered them pardon to turn up or involve any one in the murder
 But" retorted Pierce. these witnesses, or one of them, at least, swore that if Patterson had not offered him the pardon he would not have made the confession. Just what else he offered them I do not know, but I believe I have a right to say he brbed the witnesses to perjure them- selves"
 "Mr Pierce" again said the court 'those remarks are highly improper and the court will not permit you to make them"
 "Gentlemen Co the jury). there Is noth- ing in evidence upon which the charge against the governor can be based" said the court.
 Mir. Pierce had spoken nearly two hours when the incident happened. The court adjourned a few minutes later until to- morrow, with two hours of time still to the defense's credit. The case should go to the jury before ?. m. Thursday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-07

to have inheritedfit from his father, who received it from the Pope The mans real fsanie is sad to be L.. D. Warner. A statement issued at the bank today sets forth that as result of the proceedings the credit of the institution has been ad- versely affected and that the local branch would close temporarily. Other branches of the institutions are located in Lon don and New York.
 Count" Hamon's secretary explained that the whole incident was the result of a misunderstanding.
 Since he arrived in Paris in 1902 when he transformed himself from "Cheiro, the palmist,' to Count Hamon, he has had easy access to society. One of his spe- cial friends was a man known as "Abbe de la Fresnaye," whose scholarly and agreeable manner secured for him entry into most exclusive circles. It was the ''abbe" who presented Hamon everywhere and introduced him to Mrs. Newell and many others, with whom later he had business dealings. There reports that Hamon and friends, as the result of their high connection, were able to arrange many marriages among people of high standing in the Anglo-American colony
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-07
American Relief Ship
 Is Doing Great Work
Thousands Of Italian Sufferers Are Being Cared For On the Vessel By Trained Corps of Workers Who Also Dis tribute Money to the Needy-King of Italy and
 Officials Grateful to America z

Rome. January 6.-Amba ssador Gris- com will leave here tomorrow for Ma ples to meet the American squadron which is expected to arrive there on Saturday, under Rear Admiral Sperry, on the flagship Connecticut.
 The steamer Bayern, the American relief ship flying the Red Cross emblem, will sail for Messina tomorrow. This steamer with its great cargo of sup plies. will be able to take care of thous- ands of sufferers. There are three sur geons aboard and 50 nurses, of whom three are, American and three English. Fifty-eight thousand dollars have been spent for the medical outfit, provisions and clothes for distribution ashore.
 There is an immense supply of the necessaries of life aboard for men, women and children, particular atten-
 ton having been paid to food for lit- tie ones. In the past AS hours $15,000 has been spent in Rome and s10,000 in Genoa for clothing alone.
 There are also medical supplies suf-
 ficient for the establishment of three complete camp hospitals ash ore. Those
 in charge of the expedition have $20, 900
 in small bills for careful distribution.
 Word received here from Naples says that "Hooligans" during the night ran
 through various quarters of the city crying "earth hquake, earthquake" Their cries aroused thousands of people, who rush ed out of their houses, thus giving thieves an opportunity to work. The frightened population gathered in the squares and crowded the churches. Some of them took crucifixes and i'm ages of saints and carried them through the streets in procession, amid fwailing and weeping.
 Signor Bertolini, minister of public wroks, who is now in Reggie has tele- graphed to Premier Giolitti, that the people there are beginning to be more calm and for that reason there Is no present need for steamers for the trans portation of refugees. The minister adds that efforts should now be directed toward the sending of a great quantity of wood and other building materials for the construction of houses.
 The following list of places in Reggie province Is publish ed as having suffered the greatest damage from the earth quake:
 Bagnara Cannitello, Catania, Calico
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-07
GIRL IS SAVED
 BY TELEPATHY

Messina, January GA curious case of telepathy has occurred to sailor on board the Italian battleship Regina Elena. He was granted leave to search for a girl in Messina, with whom he was en- gagged to be married. After having sought for her during four days he returned to the ship exhausted and fell into a deep sleep, during which he dreamed of his fiancee, saying to him:
 'I am alive. come, save me-"
 The sailor walked, obtained fresh leave from the commander of the ship. gather ed together several friends and went to inc spot of which he was dreamed. The marty penetrated the ruins of d house and found the girl uninjured.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-07

Gallina, Laganati, Melicuoca, NJ Montebello, Motta, Palmi. Pc z, Pedargoni San Procopio. santo Stf oc Scilla, Seminara, Sinopoli and ZS Giovanni. e
 The generosity of the Americai Ue pie in coming to the aid of tn .s ferers is the predominating D.
 which Is now attracting attentioi
 The feeling of gratefulness extends rfva.. the King down to the most lowly sub ject. In accepting in behalf of the Italian nation the ship which the Amer
 ican people, through the Red Cross,
 fitted up to mitigate the distress of the sufferers in the south, the King said to Ambassador Griscom:
 "Our people will be delighted to hear of this mark of international humani- tarism and will follow with the keen est interest the work of mercy which will be performed by the Bayern"
 The King further informed the Amer
 ican ambassador that he had just read
 with the greatest appreciation a tele- gram notifying the government of the appropriation of $500 900 in behalf of the victims.
 Sgnor Tittoni, the foreign minister, said: Never before on any occasion has occurred such a demonstration of sympathy as that of America. It in CluQeSI all CldSSeS dHu cOlulllonS HUH the President to the humblest citizen. Nothing could more tightly bind to- gether the two countries, or render their friendship closer"
 Count Taverna, the president of the Italian Red Cross, declared that the of
 ferings coming fromyAmerica were un- precedented.
 Premier Giolitti. in speaking of America's generosity said:
 What the United States has done
 on this occasion is magnificent and shall
 not be forgotten. The United States stands first ,outdistancing all others in sympathy and generosity. Our grati- ! tude is so great we cannot find words in which to express It.. Besides, ap- preciation on our part Is heightened by , the fact that so many of our compat- riots have found hospitality In Ameri- i ca, while with us it is traditional to consider Amercans, when they visit Italy in such great numbers as our best | friends, since we love their country | and their race because of it's liberal ] organization and its progressive prin-
 ciples."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-07
TERRIFIC DAMAGE
 DONE IN MESSINA

Washington, January 6.-Some idea by the earthquake may be obtained from a dispatch received at the state department from Ambassador Griscom at Rome transmitting a telegram from Vice Consul Stuart K. Lupton who says that it will take a weeks work of 200 men to excavate the bodies of Consul Arthur R. Cheney and his wife from the mass of ruins of the building in which the consular office was located.
 The deputy consul at Milan, and J. F. Landis, the military attache at Rome, who have gone forward to the scene of the disaster, telegraphed to MT. Griscom that the only private Ameri- cans in Messina on December 2S, the day of the earthquake, were MT. and Mrs. Forbes, whose fate is unknown. It is said at the state department that the names of these persons do not appear on the list of those for whom inquiry has been made.
 The most effective manner of distrib- uting the sS00,000 cash appropriated for the relief of the Italian earth quake sufferers was under consideration to- day by President Roosevelt, who had a conference with Assistant Secretary Bacon. Before the distribution of the money, which is available at any mo- ment on orders from the President, tn e White House will await cable informa- ton from Ambassador Griscom at Rome.
 Todays receipts of funds at the head quarters of the American National Red Cross society for the Italian earthuuake Q sufferers brought the total subscrip- tions to half a million dollars. Red Cross branches and individuals in IS different states contributed to make up the $S9,552 received today The exact amount received by the American Red Cross from all sources to date is $49a,- 620
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-07
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS

Page 1. Roosevelt explains Tennessee company sale. American relief ship doing good work. Free hand given to the railroads. Body dismembered and partly burned. Bitter attack upon Governor Patterson. Progress made upon Payne tariff bill. Roosevelt in for it on secret service. Congressman dislike to join Ananias club Adventurer decamps with funds.
 Page 2. Ensley republicans protest against Thomas. Miss Owen weds MT. Ryland at Jones' boro. Progress in iron market State offers prizes to farmers
 Page 3. Business men in big mass meeting. Pythians to hold reunion today Medical society elects officers. Prohibition case is postponed.
 Page 4. Editorial comment.
 Page s. Collins elected alderman and Tomlinson member Board of Education Gambill wants investigation of mayors office. Relief fund passes sl20O mark Big gains shown in county taxes for December. Greeks will observe Christmas today.
 Page 2. Birmingham society. Feminine Fancies, by Dolly Dalrym- pie.
 Page 8. Roosevelt wants law changed
 Page g. Stocks decline on general selling. Cotton closes somewhat higher. Wheat makes small decline.
 Page 10. Final details of meeting of national commission.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-07
ROOSEVELT IN FOR IF ON
 SECRET SERVICE MATTER

Washington. January 5-(Special)-- The special committee appointed by the House to consider the extract in the Presidents message relative to the secret service will hold a final meeting tomor- row morning to frame it's report to the House. Probably the report will be made public at once and a time set for its con- sideration by the House. There has been little discord among the members and unanimous report is looked for.
 Of course the President will catch it, not only in the report but In speeches which will be made on the floor of the House by members of the special com mittee and those who were mentioned personally by tine President. The Presl- dent has less than two months to serve and as he has always been cordially dis liked by congressman there is no reason
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-07

Washington, January 6.-The newspaper announcement that Major Mearns or the army. who has been retired on account or disability, is to accompany President Roosevelt on his African hunting trlp was the basis of an interesting though brief colloouy in the House today. The question came up in connection with bill providing for the issuance or com missions with increased rank to retired officers of the army, navy ana marine corps. which was called up by Hull, chairman of the committee on military affairs. from which it had been reporteu
 MT Mann of Illinois called attention to a newspaper item saying that MaJor Nearns had been designated by pres ident in office to accompany an ex- president to Africa"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-07

to spare him when a case presents itself at this late day.
 The exact method in which the House will retaliate is regarded as unimportant by the members most of whom will be content with anything which places the House on record against the President. There are five propositions. the adoption of any one of which will satisfy the honor of the House. First, to expunge from the record the offensive remarks; second, to lay the annual message on the table indefinitely; third, to return the messaee to the President without comment; fourth, to return the message with the objec- tions of the House enumerated, to return the special message of explanation with the statement that 1t is irrelevant and that it does not satisfactorily explain the charges previously made by the Presi- dent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-07
PROGRESS IS MADE UPON
 THE PAYNE TARIFF BILL

sue. Their action will depend largely upon the republican members. It Is consid- cred likely that the Payne bill will be brought in under a rule allowing req sonable time for general debate and pre- venting amendments being offered on the floor. If this is the case the democrats will have nothing to do but offer a sub stitute bill embracing their tariff views and giving the country an idea of the kind of bill they would pass if the dem ocrats were in power.
 As soon as the democratic substitute is defeated the vote will be taken on the Payne bill proper and as it will be an improvement over the present tariff law the question will arise among democrats as to whether they had better give it their approval on the ground that it decreases the rates or vote against the bill in it's entirety by reason of the failure of the democratic measure.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-07
FIRE IN CHICAGO.
Fertilizer Plant Is Damaged to the
 Tune of $50o,o0o.

Chicago, January 6.-Fire at the stock yards tonight destroyed a large part of the fertiizing plant of Darling x Co.,, and burned large stores of chemicals. causing explosions and injuring a number of firemen by falling walls Damage to the extent of s50O.000 resulted.
 For hours every available fireman in the city fought in below zero weather to pre- vent spread of the flames through the stock yards. The tenants of 30 houses nearby were driven into the streets and many of the 25o employees of the company in the building at the time narrowly es- capped.
 The fire is supposed to have started among bone dust in the drying room of Darling Co.'S building. known as build ing "A"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-07

., ashington. January 6.-(Special)-The republican members of the ways and means committee are meeting daily and preparing the forthcoming Payne tariff bill. Considerable progress has been made and 1t is thought that the bill will be ready by March 4, and as was the case in the Dingley bill, 1t will be reported to the House the day Congress meets in extra session. None of the important schedules has yet been agreed upon by the republican members but as has been stated a pretty general cut of from one- third to two-thirds is expected.
 Representative Clark of Missouri, the ranking democrat of the ways and means committee, will call meeting or his democratic colleagues within a few days to decide upon the course they will pur-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-07
Invitation To Taft.

Wilmington, N. C., January 6.-The local Taft Presidential club, composed of busi- ness and professional men without re- gard to political affiliation and claiming to be the first Taft club formed in the United States after the Secretary's re- cent nomination. today joined the local chamber of commerce in an invitation to President-elect Taft to visit Wilmington as soon as practicable after his return from Panama. Committees from each or invitation
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-07
Arson and Robbery Combined.

Mobile. January GA vacant house in the southwestern part of the city was destroyed by fire tonight Some persons passed grocery store half mile dis tant and aroused the neighborhood by crying fire. The proprietor and others left the store, merely closing the door, to assist at the fire. When the proprietor returned he found that his cash register had been rified. Severant vacant houses have recently been found on fire, and 1t is believed that all have been the work of incendiaries for the purpose of robbing houses and stores when the inmates leave them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-07
CONGRESSMEN DISLIKE
 TO JOIN ANANIAS CLUB

Mir. Hull protested that he did not know whether the story was true or not
 Maybe" interjected MT Clark of Mis- souri, amid laughter, this officer eX- perenced a sudden and miraculous cure after he got this increase"
 Then" said MT Mann, sarcastically. its a libel on the President. l haven heard of anybody being put in the An anias club on account of it..
 While the members crowded all about him MT. Hull declared that Eff the mem- bership in the Ananias club is to be in , creased by every report in the newspapers that is not true, it would grow to such proportions that it would constitute a majority of the people and the rest of us would be in bad fix
 After the bill had been more seriously discussed it was passed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-07
Severe Earthuuake shocks.

Berne, Switzerland, January 6.-Severe earthquake shocks have occurred at Ger matt. one of the most famous and fre- quented resorts of Switzerland and Saint Nicholas. The direction of the shocks was from southeast to northwest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-07
ADVENTURER DECAMPS
 AFTER DAZZLING CAREER

Paris. January in Paris of Count Hams m has been known in London # d States as ''Cheiro, the Fs e to an end today with Is laHsH rture for London. The in I4sa saH of his leaving France sss tha ieas ng of a complaint of frau1 4. l.l- SeXs tribunal against him by Mrs. Julia P. Newell and Miss Pomeroy of New York city.
 The complainants charge that they re- ceived a letter signed by an employe of a bank conducted by Count" Hamon in Paris, proposing an advantageous bus mess operation. In reply they sent rail- road securities valued at sS0,000 to the institution, but this was the last they heard of the money.
 Count Hamon was the proprietor of the American Register in addition to run ming bank. His creditors today de- seconded upon his offices and seized the furniture and everything else of value. Hamon has been a dashing figure in Paris since his arrival here six years ago. Con- siderable mystery attaches to his title, which has been questioned. He claimed