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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-12
IS REMOVED
SPECIAL. ENVOY TO EUROPE FROM
 VENEZUELA.
His Call of warships to LaGuayra Was Characterised By Venezuelan Con- gress as Insult to Dignity
 of Country

Caracas, June 11.--Rhere was an up- soar in Congress yesterday arising from the recent visit of American war ships to LaGuayra and joint resolu- ton was passed refusing to approve portion of yellow book which dealt with the call on Dec. i5 by Foreign Minister Jose deJ. Paul. for warships.
 Heated speeches were made. demand ing the removal of senor Paul from his post of special envoy to Europe in the settiement in outstanding difficulties between several of the powers and Venezuela.
 Consequently the GovernneEt today sabied senor Paul removing him from the diplomatic service. on the ground the calling of warships to LaGuayra was an insult to the dignity of the country.
 Congressman Gallegas, in speaking of Senor Paul today, said:
 .The people curse him because he sent the cablegram for warships. which was the first step toward foreign in- tervention in Venezuelan affairs"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-12
nIackhander Attaeks vyoman.

Chicago, June 11.-Dr. Jennie A. Beardsiey. it was learned today. is the latest victim of an alleged Black Hand plot in Chicago.
 She was stabbed twice in the breast and stomach as she answered q knock at the back door of her home at e50s Peoria Street. last night. Detectives were hiding in the house to guard the woman against just such an attack, but It was steel ribbed corset that saved her life.
 The would-be assassin struck his blows and escaped in the darkness be- fore the detectives could leave their place of concealment and give chase. Dr> Be6rdley, who ie practicine letter several days ago threatening her life if she did not place $500 in a des- ignated spot.
 The letter, which she turned over to the police, was signed with the rude imitation of a Black Hand and a skull and cross bones. The letter threatened the woman with death In her own home If she did not "get busy" with the money
 automobile as she made the rounds of visits to her patients, and two others were concealed in her home.
 Dr. BeardBley was about to retire for the night when summoned to the back door. She stopped into the kitchen un- accompanied by the officers and opened the door.
 She was so stunned by the sudden ness of the attack that not until her assaiiaht had fled did she cry for help. Then her cries aroused the detectives. The would-be murderer slammed the door in her face, uttering an oath as he did so, and escaped over a rear fence. The detectives gave chase, but the fu- gitive quickly emded them In the dark ness.
 pr. Beardsley expressed the opinion that the weapon used was razor. Her assailant attempted to draw 1t across her throat. but instead drew 1t across 6 brooch which she wore. She was not in the least injured.
 Owing to the dusk. Mrs. Beardsley was unable to remember anything bet ter than a vague description of the man who attacked her. The first let- ter received by the woman physician was placed in her mall box last Tues day. and read:
 "Your life or $500. Leave 1t at the southeast corner of Sixty-sixth Street and Center Avenue. Wednesday night before 12 o'clock. If you notify the police will shoot you dead"
 A second letter was thrown through a window. Wednesday morning and read as follows:
 ap- you for notifying the police. I'll take care of you"
 No name was Signed to either lets ter.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-12
LYNCH TWO NEGROES
FIVE HUNDRED MEN TOOK PRIs-
 OVERS FROM OFFICERS.
The Two Negroes Were Hanged to e Tree ana Afterwards Their Bodies Were Riddle With
 Bullets.

Branchvil1e, S. C., June 11.--A tele- phone message from Smoaks, ten miles from here. states that QuiIlie Simmons and Frank Samuels, arrested here to- day charged with the murder of young Ben Shocks, two weeks ago, were lynched this afternoon by a mob of
 The report here Is that Constable Maxey, who arrested the men at Smoaks, had started for WaIterboro with his prisoners. but was overtaken by the mob and forced to return to Smoaks. There the mob took the two negroes from the officer, carried them to a point near the railroad track and hanged them to a tree, afterwards rid- ding their bodies with bullets.
 It Is said that the two negroes made a partial confession, but denied doing the actual shooting. The lynching oc- cured about 10 o'clock tonight.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-12
CONDEMNED MAN STABS
 SHERIFF ON SCAFF0LD

F7oresviile, Texas. June 11.--Using as a weapon a metal spoon sharpened to a keen edge, Refugio Juarequea, sentenced to hang. fought desperately on the platform of the seaffold today to prevent execution and succeeded in stabbing Sheriff William wright over the heart, when he attempted to adjust the black cap.
 The blade. however, was deflected when 1t struck a bone and the wound Is not considered necessarily serious. When the man was subdued, the exc cution was proceeded with, brother of the wounded officer acting in his stead.
 The first time the trap was sprung, Juarequea fell across the trap and 1t was necessary to repeat the prelimi- narIes. The second springing of the trap was successful. JuareQuea falling through the opening and strangling to death.
 The man protested his innocence to tqle very end.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-12
STEAMER STRANDED
FOUR OF HER PASSENGERS WE'RE
 ALABAHfIANs.
The Cunard Liner slnvonia Had Over Four Hundred Passengern, But Reports say All Were
 Rescued.

New York, June 11.--Thorugh q pri- vate cable message news reached New York this afternoon that the Cunard Liner Slavonia. bearing l10 cabin pas sengers and 300 passengers in the steer age, stranded today of Flores Island in the Azores group.
 The vessel, which left this port for Naples on June 3, is tonight almost a complete wreck, but the timely aid rendered by North German Lloyd and Hamburg-American liners which were nearby, enabled every passenger. &C., cording to the best reports here, to be taken of in safety. The liners which aided the Slavonia in her dis tress are the Princess Irene. of tho North German Lloyd, and the Ham burg-American liner Batavia. Both were bound for Naples, also.
 The list of cabin passengers on the Slavonia, as given out by the Cunard Line here, contains no addresses. but the first class passengers are practical Iy all Americans. among them fifteen or twenty in a Cooks tourist party. Among the few whose addresses could be learned tonight are Prof. and Mrs George Grimm Brownea and Mss Brownell of Alabama. Professor Browneil has been attachea tt the Uni- vsrsity of Aiabana ss Tusesleosa sines 1888
 Another pasaeuger was. MISS May O. wArAs thought to be from Birmingham, Ala.
 Flores Island. ofr which the Siavo- nia stranded, iB the most westerly of the Azores group with dangerous and precipitous cliffs.
 The foundering of a vessel there can be easily imagined but by good for tune the two liners. the Princess Irene and the Batavia. were close by.
 Today's sea accident served to illus trate the professional friendship be- tween the North German Lloyd and the Cunard Line.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-12
Statue of Gen. s. D. Lee
 UnUeiled in Ncksburg

ren Light Artillery and the singing of the vicksburg school children, MT. Watterson, as prelude to the intro duction of Lieutenant General Clement A. Evans, who presented 1t in the name of the Confederate veterans. and Major General rredefick Dent Grant. who ac- cepted 1t on behalf of the government and the army, and the Hon. George R. Peck, who delivered the oration. said:
 T have declared that we are one peo- pie. No air lines. nor water lines, nor isothermal lines. separate us Into geo. graphic fragments, all the good on this side, all the bad on that The war ended nearly fifty years ago. He who thinks there are Issues left outstand- ing from the days of secession and slavery must have been dwelling in a rut of distorted fancies nor have trav- eled much beyond the shadow of his own roof tree.
 Mississippi and Massachusetts are convertible terms. Given the same conditions their people would be the same and would do the same. During the thirty years immediately preceding the war of sections three at least of Mississippis most popular and cele- brated public men came here from the North; Robert J. Walker, born and reared in Pennsylvania; John A. Quit man. born and reared in New York, and Sergeant s. Prentiss. born and reared in the State of Maine.
 T am about to present you in suc- cession Lieutenant General Clement Anseim Evans, Commander-in-Chief of Confederate Veterans; Major General Frederick Dent Grant, of the army of the United States. and the Hon. George Record Peck, of the great Northwest holding my own commission at large and from the District of Columbia, where was born. but claiming son g. time to be Kentuclxian. No State. or sectional lines have ever made a pent- up Utica for any of us Eaan of US breeds back to good old Anglo-Saxon and Scotch Irish stock. In the by-gone days the two most kindred American types were to be found in Boston and Charleston: and, still. there are chose who, enjoying the gracious hospitality of the Olgonevin Club in the Yankee city and the Palmetto, club in the city
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-12
MORRIS reusD.
Police Bsns, 4. Fen late Sewer

Police Beifev .fe Fell Into Sewer
 c4e Intoxicated.
 chariottE N. C., June 1.-The dead body of D. V. Moore. who disappeared mysteriousiy on the night of May 1s. 1909. was unearthed today by workmen excavatfng for a sewer extension in Dilworthy, suburb.
 Moore quarreled with q stranger at the fair grounds the night of his dis appearance and was supposed to have been murdered and the body hid. Per- sonal affects were found on the same spot next day. but no clue to the body nor any trace of the missing man was unearthed until today. The sewer ex- ,cavation was open at the time and the police think that he may have fallen into 1t while intoxicated.
 He left wife and two children. and the remains were turned over to the family today for burial.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-12
UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT
 TO KIDNAP ABDUL HAMID

London, June l1.-A local news agency publishes a dispatch from Con stantinople today saying that an un- successful attempt is reported to have been made by the reactionaries to kid nap Abdul Hamid, the deposed Sultan of Turkey, from the house where he is residing in Saloniki.
 Several officers, the dispatch contin- ues, are said to have been killed in the struggle.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-12
BABE WILL REMAIN AT
 HEAD OF MEMPHIS CLUB

Memphis. Tenn. June 11.-(special.)
 An doubts about Charley Babb's fIi- ture was dispelled tonight at a for. mai meeting of directors of the club, when 1t was agreed to allow the fate of the club to remain in his hands.
 Many changes are anticipated, but Babb has been given carte blanc he to pick his future team It had been said that Babb would he depo sed tonight. .
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-12
shrfner. Leave Louisville.

Louisville, Ky. June li.-Mecha Temple of London, Ont. was the last of the shriner body who finished their thirty-nfth annual session in this city yesterday to depart. Several of the parting guests win stop over in centers on their way to the various ends of North America. Among these Islam of San Francisco and Osman of St. Paul will visit Medinah at Chicago.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-12
EARTHQUAKE IN FRANCE.
Several Houses Collapsed and Eight
 Persons Reported Killed.

Marseilles, June 1.-Two earthquake shocks, running from northeast to southwest, were felt throughout the Riviera, between g and II o'clock to night.
 While the damage done here was not great, reports from smaller cities show that the effect of the second shock were serious.
 At Lambesco, town of 2,500 inhabi- tants, twelve miles northwest of Ak, several houses collapsed and eight per- sons are reported killed.
 Several buildings also fell at En- Ruilles, and at Ak, a vermicelli factory was partially demolished. The dis- turbance extinguishedA the electric lights in the streets and broke crock cry and window panes.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-12
GEN. w. D. CAMERON DEAD.
Tr0mlnsnt coassaerats vetsraa D

Prominent Confederate Veteran Ex-
 pires on Way Home from Reunion.
 Mobile, June 11.-Gen. ". D. Cam. eron. who for thirty years served as Circuit Clrk at Meri- dian, Miss, died at TupeIo, Miss, today on his way home from the re- union of Confederate Veterans.
 General Cameron was probably one of the highest esteemed men in Meri- dian, was a politician, an orator and held high offices in Masonic, odd Fel- lows and Pythian fraternities. Twice he served as Major General commando ing the Mississippi division, United Confederate Veterans.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-12
New Coal Company Orkanlned.

The Gaillard J Johnston Coal Company of Mobile, with capital stock of $50,- 900, yesterday filed notice of it's in- corporation with the Secretary of State. There has been paid in of the capital stock $20.000.
 The incorporators are John Gaillard. W. M. Johnston, J. F. Johnston, !. W. sDratly and George Eberleins
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-12
FAST MAIL ROBBED.
New York Central Train Robbed Be

New York Central TraIn Robbed Be-
 tween Utica and ROeheater.
 Rochester, N. r.. June 11.--It is stat ed at police headquartersl in this city that information has been received that New York Central train No. 21. known as the Fast Mail. was robbed between Utica and Syracuse tonight. The train left Utica at 1o:50 ?. m., at Syracuse at 11:40 and due in Roches- ter at 1:52 a. m.
 The New York Central officials say the robbery of train No. 21 was con- fined to a refrigerator car. They do moi vet know what was stolen or its value.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-12
RELEASED ON BOND.
Mira. CIaretta O'NealI, Charged With
 Kidnapping, Gets Freedom.

MEN. CI0EeSN0 O'NcAAS CnaFBe0 WAtA
 Kidnapping, Gets Freedom.
 New orleans. La. June 1l-After having spent last night and the great ar part of today in the. parish prison here on a charge of Kidnapping, pre- Serred by her former husband, D. l.. o,Neall. a wealthy turpentine operator of Platte, F'fa.~ Mrs. Claretta o'Neall was released on bond late this after noon pending the hearing on next Mon- day of a writ of habeas corpus obtain. ed by O'Neall today, seeking the cuss tody of the 2-year-old child of the cou. pie.
 s1ssfppi awarded the custody of the child to the father and that the order was not carried out because Mrs. O'Neail disappeared from that state with the child. The two were located here by O'Neall last night. Today Judge Fisher of the First City Grim
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-12
cnhan sent te rrisen.

New Orleans. La. June f1--Fcmanuel Fernandez, a Cuban. was today sen- fenced in the United States Court here to one year in the Federal penitentiary at Atlanta for passing counterfeit money. A large amount of bogus cur rency was found on the person of Fer- nandez when he was arrested here sew eral days ago.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-12
WIFE DESERTED HIM.
John wright Hunt, of Savannah, Tells
 of EatrMngemenf.

New York, June l1.-John Wright Hunt. of Savannah, Ga. capitalist, re- turned from Paris today on the Mau. retania and told of an arrangement between himself and his wife and of her admiration for a Russian, Alexaa- der Andre Tgherniadieff, whom she met in Paris.
 rietta Babcock, of Detroit, Mich. She met the Russian at a Paris hotel and soon afterward left her husband. An Interview failed to effect a reconcilia- tion and MT. Hunt returned to America without her.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-12
aignn Race Track Ril.

Tallahassee, Fla. June 1.-The Sloan bill. putting a ban on race track gam bling in Florida. became law today when Governor Gilchrist affixed his sig- nature. The new law provides fine or inuprisonment upon the holder of . bet as well as upon the gamblers. The provisions of the law will not be effee- tive until May 1. 1911.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-12
pouular socIetv efrIr.

Birmingham. June 1l:-Miss Mary o. Ware and Miss Willie May Bates of Birmingham were both on the Sla- vonia, which went aground in the Azores today. Both are popular soci- ety girls here and belong to prominent families.
 Professor Browneil and pr. Somer- vile are both connected with the Uni- versity of Alabama at Tuscaloosa.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-12
swiss Minister Received.

Washington. June 11s-Prosldent Taft today received at the Waite House the new minister from Switzer- land, Dr. Paul Ritter. There was a felicitiouB exchange of greetings and expressions of good will
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-12
TRIAL OF CALHOUN.

The Defense Abruptly Terminates the
 Taking of Testimony.
 San Francisco. June 1.-The taking of testimony in the Calhoun case abruptly terminated this afternoon, the defense announcing a desire to submit the case to the jury without argument The prosecution, however, objected to this and arguments will begin next Monday.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-12
A LION ESCAPES.
An EnpIoye of show and Two Women
 nre Injured.

AW EllnpTOye UT sUVFF W'FU wv WVHEI-Hl
 are Injured.
 Chicago, June 1i.-A lion escaped from his cage from local amusement park today and caused injury to three persons before he was recaptured.
 Howard E. Smith. an employe in the show of which the lion was a feature. had his arm broken while attempting to catch the beast, and two women were injured.
 According to statements made by the management of the park, the lion was allowed to escape by discharged care taker. The lion was finally recaptured.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-12
WOMAN IS MURDERED.
Body With Head Mashed and Throat
 Cut is Found In We'll.

Cut is Found in We'll.
 Columbia, s. C.. June 11.--With a gash in the top of her head and with her throat cut from ear to ear. the body of Victoria Grimm, married wo- man of this city, was found this morn- ing in the we'll on her premfsesa
 In the kitchen of the woman's hone were found bloody axe and razor. with which the murder evidently vas committed. Three sons of she murder ed woman, Walter. Jim and Russell Griffin, Luke Wise a friend of the dead woman's daughter. and s. Wash Med- lin, a former boarder at the woman's house, are under arrest in connection with the murder,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-12
HanIEeIl In Hif.

Haskell. Tex June 11.-Three dwell- ings were destroyed by a storm here
 last night. A man. his wife and one child, names unknown, are reported
 to have been. drowned while seeking
 safety in the cellar. Details are lack
 ing as wires are down in all directions.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-12
MT. LaFoNette Again
 Plays Leader ALdrich

Berlin, which arrived at Naples today. was on an extended honeymoon trip through Europe with his bride. who was Miss Lucetta Avern upham of Cambridge.
 Bennett was s7 years old and a grad uate of Harvard.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-12
LittIe Town Destroyed.

Fl Paso, Tex, June 1i.--A tornado last night almost destroyed the little town of Hamlin, in Central West TS,- as, on the line of the Kansas City, five miles northeast of Big Springs. Three persons were seriously injured
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-12
AtA Eror strIILe I,entIerH.

Honolulu, June il.-An effort is be- ing made to secure the release on writ of habeas corpus of Makino. Negoro and Hoga, alleged to be leaders of the striking Japanese sugar plantation la borers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-12
DISAPPEARS ON SHIP.
Holland Rennett Either Shielded or
 Fell Overheard.

Fell Overheard.
 Naples, June 1l.-on the arrival here today from Genoa of the North Ger man Lloyd steamer Berlin. 1t was as- certained that Holland Bennett, an American, who was travelling with his wife. was missing from the vessel and inc belief prevailed among the passen- gers that he either committed suicide or fell overheard and was drowned.
 MT. Bennett disappeared Thursday night while his wife was with num- ber of friends in the salon.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-12

inal Court refused to sign <sSs eder delivering the child to the = sr and the former was placed t.<SS 5e waif's home here to await e 5fon in the habeas corpus proceee~ sL
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-12
Mother of Nine Killed i.

Reading, Pa. June 11.-While pick ing coal on the Reading Railway here today. Mrs. Harry A. Guiies. the moth- CT of uine children. was rundown and Killed by an ezpress train.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-12
co,. nEnua Nominafetl.

Washington, June 11.--President Taft today sent to the Senate the nom- ination of Colonel Marion F. Maus of the goth Infantry to be a brigadier general
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-12
Newawnper Man Dlen.

Los Angeles, Cal, June 1i.-John A.
 Webb, a retired newspaper man, once owner of The New York Star (now The Evening Journal) died here today. aged 72 years. He has lived here for fifteen years
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-12
WEATHER FoREcAsf.

washfnxton, June I1s--For Alabams .-Locsl showers Saturday and sundayJ light variable winds.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-12
,v,..,., auwrnra.tm cmIIed.

eh,caao June 1.-The cali for the fortv-firat annual convention of the National American Woman's Suffrage Association was, Issued today. The convention will be held at the exposi. tion at Seattle. July 6.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-12
BLOWS TRAIN FROM BRIDGE A Severe Tornado In
 Texas. DAMAGE IN MANY TOWNS Hamlin and Haskell Feel Full
 Force. Scores of Houses Are Carried Away and Several Person. Kilied--
 The Det.fis Are Very
 Meagre.

Dallas, Texas, June 11.--Special dis patches to The News show that eleven persons are dead and several more or less seriously injured as a result of a storm in Central Western Texas. in- cluding one man who was killed when wind storm blew a Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway passenger train from the Brazos river bridge, north of Sweetwater last night.
 Haskell and Lueders. Texas, were also damaged by the storm, which was accompanied by a heavy fall of hall destroying thousands of dollars worth of crops and orchards.
 The dead near Haskell, Texas. are: Mrs. R. s. Middleton and infant three days old; Tom Middleton. eight years; Joe Middleton, four years; Wil- lie Middleton, twelve years; Miss Mag gie Bishop, sixteen years.
 In Haskell, Mrs. Brooks. an aged woman, died of fright.
 Near Lueders. Jones county. Texas. three persons were killed and several seriously hurt; ten or twelve houses were wrecked.
 At weiner. Haskell county, Texas. W. T. Robertson's store was de- stroyed.
 In the wreck of the Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway train. T.. E. Stamford, travelling salesman, of Crowall, Ford county, was killed. and eleven persons were more or less seri- ously hurt.
 The whole train except the engine and tender, was blown from the track. Conductor Alexander was badly in- jured in the arm, Brakeman VanSandt injured about the head. Stamford, a travelling man who lived at Cromwell, died shortly after being taken from the wreck. Nine others were slightly hurt.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-12
Hurricnne peaIs Death in Texan.

Leuders. Tex. June 11-E Gelurp and his three children were killed by tor- nado which struck here early today :. Mrs Geiurp was fatally and F. An- derson seriously injured. Thirteen houses were destroyed and fifty head of cattle killed.
 Other fatalities are reported over this section of the State and 1t is eettz mated 100 houses wepe blown down.
 Fiktehn residences 8fo also reported to have been destroyed at Merkei. Tex.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-12
CRIME OF AGED MAN.

He Kills Hi. Brother-in-Law and Then
 Himself.
 Ccranton, Pa, June 11.--According to reports received here, George Baker, q farmer, aged ST years. was murdered by his brother-in Jaw. Mark Vanduesen. aged ss years. In Derry township. Af- ter killing Baker, Vanduesen returned to the house and informed Mrs. Baker what he had done. Vanduesen then hurried out of the house and killed himse1{