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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10
Guilty of Negligence.

Washington, January 9.-Commander c. c. Marsh, who was in charge of the cruiser Yankee when that vessel ground ed on Spindle Rock in Buzzards bay off the Massachusetts coast, while trying to avoid collision with the steamer New Hampshire last September, and who was charged with negligence, was found guilty by the courtmartial which tried him at the Boston navy yard and sentenced to be publicly reprimanded and lose 40 numbers in rank. In view of the previous good record of Commander Marsh the Secre- tary of the Navy commuted the sentence to the loss of only 15 numbers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10
Night Riders Receive Mandate
 from Judge Jones
APPEAL 10 HIGHER COURT
Judge Jones overrules Motion for New Trial and Imposes Sentence, But the Case Will Go to
 the Supreme Court.

Union City, Tenn, January 9.-Without a tremor six men of Reelfoot Lake heard judgment passed today condemning them to pay with their lives the penalty for the killing of Captain Quentin Rankin at Walnut Log.
 Whatever may have been their emo- tions they faced the court to receive sentence with the same stoic expression that has been their marked characteristic during their sensational trial of which today was the climax. When court con vened shortly after noon the court room was crowded largely with people from the lake. With small ceremony the motion of the defense asking a new trial was over-ruled by Judge Jones. Then amid death-like quiet, the six men. Garrett Johnson, Sam Applewhite, Tid Burton. Roy Ransom, Arthur Cloar and Fred Pinion, convicted of murder in the first degree, each in their turn faced Judge Jones to hear the mandate of the court and then Friday, February 1s was set as the day for their execution. As they turned to return to their places in the prisoners dock, a faint, half-hearted smile played on the faces of P1nion and Johnson, but beyond this they could not have shown less emotion.
 The proceedings ended the court room was quickly emptied and through the crowds of their kinsmen and friends the men were led back to jail to await the carrying out of the courts decree, should in the meantime a higher court not in- t.a fofr fn Inc supreme court, where the legal strife will be just as vigorous as during the trial just ended. The other of the men,, Bud Morris and Bob Huffman found guilty of murder in the second degree, received the sentence named by the jury, 20 years in the penitentiary.
 On the part of the auditors there was not a semblance of an attempt toward a demonstration and the squad of sol- diers stationed about the room had It. tie to do They heard the decree with the same stoicism that marked their prisoners. The mother of Fred Pinion was in the court room and notwithstand- ing the mothers emotion that must have been hers, she might have been only casual observer from all appearances. This Is but an example of the action of all the other relatives of the men. As to those who sided with the prosecution there was a feeling that a grim duty had been performed and were as silent as the friends and kinsmen of the con victed men.
 In passing sentence Judge Jones de- clared that he could see no mitigating circumstances, mentioned by the jury in the return of the verdict and said it was but a compromise toward some members of the jury who hesitated to pass the sentence of death Thus he felt that the responsibility had been placed on him, duty which he would not shirk and to each he declared that the sentence of tho court would be that you hang by the neck until you are dead and may God Almighty have mercy on your soul''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10
Austria Will Pay Indemnity.

Vienua, January 9.--A dispatch from CeEsteutirople says that Marquis Palla- vicopHi. the Hungarian anbas- sador to Turkey, under new instructions has informed the grand vlzier that Austro- Hungary is ready to ofYer two and a half millions pounds to Turkey, si9,sco. .0l0 IS in denlpity to the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The offer was made on the suppos!tion that the question will even- tually be settled by arbitration. An semi official organ here says this offer has an advantage for Turkey, as it fixed the sum, but obviates the necessity of a cal culation based on claims and counter claims which would be unfavorable to Turkey. The paper states that any fur ther discussion of the question of the in- demnity is excluded
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10
Lid VIII Not Be Shut Down.

Mobile, January 9.--A special to the Register from Pensacola, Fla. says In a letter addressed to the sheriff tonight County Solicitor Loftin informed him that he must not molest the operating of street cars, public hacks, sale of milk or and where 1t becomes necessary mer- chants shall be allowed to dispose of goods, provided they do not keep open doors Inasmuch as the county solicitor places indictmsnts against those arrested he is practically supreme, and the sheriff will probably not attempt to carry out his avowed intention of closing up Pensa- cola tomorrow and stopping all traffic.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10
INDEX OF TODAY's NEWS
Page 1.

 Tillman loses valuable papers, Feud between Roosevelt and Congress. Deeper mystery in Michigan murder. Death sentence for night riders. L. & N. trying to buy A, B. & A. Romantic career of "Cheiro." Breach of promise suit in Chicago.
 Page 2. Searching for bodies at Messina. Fight begins on prohibition law.
 Page 3. Dallas county has new bridges. Commission may watch lawmakers.
 Pare ,, What foreign critic says of us Suspicion takes hold of Berlin.
 Page 5. Music festival assured for Birmingham. Little girl victim of hydrophobia in Pratt City. Building material exchange to have fine quarters in Chamber of Commerce. Tennessee man discusses prohibition fight. Negro killed in spirited fight with of ficers in Ensley.
 Page 6. Cabinet rumors all denied. Page 2. Rostand's play is on rehearsal.
 Page 8. Final effort to convict Thornton Hains.
 Page 10. Literary Lights and Shadows.
 Page il. Nicholas Wall street letter.
 Page 12. Jealousies cause of trouble. Italian duke's house raided
 Page 13. Malcolm Clarkes Berlin letter.
 Page IA. Birmingham society.
 Page 17. Heart to Heart. Talks.
 Page 23. Filing up coke at Robertstown.
 Page 25. How the hotel thief operates.
 Page 26. Ruy Bias, a classic in a page.
 Page 27. Wylam to vote on annexation.
 Page 2s. Editorial comment. Ned Brace talks of MT. Rhodes and other matters.
 Page t29. Discussion of the prohibition question by Ned Brace. Natural Living, by Alfred Battle Bealle. Rescue Home of the Salvation Army, by Julia s. Tutwiler. A Dissertation on Nonsense" by Dr. J. c. Hiden.
 Page 30. 4srrondo )esoto Money, by Savoyard.
 Page 3f. Stock market is bullish. Prices decline in wheat market. Cotton market is fairly steady.
 Page 32.
 Page 33. Mandy and the chicken.
 Page 34. The earth is living machine
 Page 35. Amusements.
 Page 36. Feminine Fancies. by Dolly Dalrymple
 Page 37. Our Young Folks.
 Page 3s. Hooligan's love affairs. Japan in 1909, by Frank C.. Carpenter.
 Page 39. The lively MT. Johnson. Jimmy minds the baby
 Page 40. Buster takes flight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10
Law WlII Be unheld.

Atlanta. January 9.-After a conference today Gov. Hoke Smith, Attorney Gen eral Hart and City Solicitor Hartridge of Savannah, regarding alleged violations of the state prohibition law in Savannah, Governor Smith said that he believed that the officers of Chatham county and Sa- vannah will take all necessary action to suppress the reported violations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10
ROOSEVELT KEEPS COOL
 WHILE CONGRESS- FIGHTS
Open War Is Declared Upon Nations Chief Executive By the House In Resolutions introduced By
 Tawney and Adopted.
By PATTERSON sTEALEY.

Washington, January 9.-(Special) 1.-The feud between the President and Congress reached a climax when the President turned loose'' his secret service docu- ments, which included matters severely re- fecting on Senator Tillman.
 It would be we'll nigh impossible to overstate the tensity of the relations be- tween the two ends of the avenue. The President has the support of a bunch of insurgent republicans in each house, but he has the majority of his own party and all the democrats in opposition in each branch. Even among the republican in- surgents who nominally and formally stand with the President it is probable that the greater number do so for politi- cal reasons alone, related to the state of public sentiment at home.
 Congress fully recognizes that the peo- pie are with the President. It has no hope of changing that condition. It hates him cordially, and thanks it's stars day by day that each 24 hours brings one day nearer the time when he will retire from the White House. Except when Grover Cleveland left the executive mansion the second time, the going of a president has not been viewed with so much satisfac- ton by Congress since Andrew Jacksons time. There is no knowing how much father the feud may be carried Nothing would cause surprise now, among those best informed of the sentiments enter tained in capitol hill and the executive mansion.
 Keeping His Temper.
 Tine President is keeping his temper un- der better control than does Congress, and he has the added advantage of fight ing with his forces concentrated. He doesn't have to struggle with himself, attaining a meeting of the minds, about the character of communication he will deliver. Congress has to agree before 1t can have anything up before him, and no matter how may they are it isn't just easy for some 400 and odd people to agree on the parliamentary expression or tneir state of mind.
 So it is that even among those public men who would best like to do something peculiarly vicious to the President there is a strong feeling that Congress Is ap- nearing rather foolish before the country. MT. Roosevelt, to use homely hit or slang. has "buffaloed,' and Congress- knows it. Congress doesn't stand well with the country, and the President does. That's about all there Is to it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10
Searchinq for Third Party.

Lima, O., January 9.-A sensation was sprung locally in the Carmichael murder case, who two detectives working in Del phos, village near here and claiming to be from Detroit divulged the informa- tion that they were looking for third party in the murder. They claimed their information was that a third party com mitted the murder and the body of the Rev Carmichs el may yet be found. The detectives declared they were sent by Sheriff Wagenfeld of Port Huron and conferred with Delphos authorities.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10
Critic of Panama Canal.

Paris, January 9.--M. Buneau Varilla, the French engineer who has freely criti- cised the isthmian canal construction, has cabled to Gustave H. Schwab of New York, expressing his readiness to go to that city. should the chamber of com merce indorse MT. Schwab's proposal that he address that body on the Panama canal M. Varilla said that he would point out by the lock system that the canal is both dangerous and impracticable
 
 which the President condemned as in previous years. There Is a cherished be- lief in the minds of congressman that Roosevelt has gone behind the law which he approved to use members of the treas- ury force, which is charged specifically with running down counterfeiters and the protection of the person of the President, for many foreign investigations.
 House Stirred.
 The developments of the Tillman attack have had much to do with this impress sion. This promulgation has stirred the House. It desires complete information as to all other similar investigations con- ducted by secret service men, as all special investigators of the government are designated, whether upon order of the President of otherwise.
 It has been brought to the attention of the House that the secret service men are constantly in attendance upon President elect Taft This is held to be in violation of the law The House believes that the detail has been authorized by Presi- dent Roosevelt.
 It Is not believed that Chief Wilkie has assumed the responsibility for the detail of the Taft personal guard Mir Taft Is still private citizen, and the committee wants to know by whose order this detail was mode or who prompted tho order.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10
Much Interest In Case.

Port Huron, Mich, January 9.-With the exhaustion here today of every known clew that would turn up the Rattle Run" Methodist church murGer mystery interest tonight in the mysterious case is oentered in the search which Is being made for the Rev. John H. Carmichael in Chicago. Three detectives who nave been working on the case are in Chicago assisting the officers there In searching for the missing minister for whose arrest on the charge of murdering Gideon Browning and burning his body in the church stove a reward of S500 is offered.
 The discovery of the fact that man answering the description of the min- ister took an early morning train from the tunnel station here on Wednesday morning for Chicago was the only de- velopment in the mystery today. Mrs. Carmichael was brought here again today for further examination by Prosecutor Brown One fact of importance was de- veloped. Mrs. Carmichael told the prose- cutor that her husband had for some time suffered from an affection in his head, which caused pus to form and dis charge from his ears. This trouble is taken by some investigators to support the belief that the Rev. Carmichael must have been insane If he was guilty of the slaughter of Browning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10
Spanish Consul Dead.

Tampa, Fla, January 9.-News reached Tampa of the death in St. Louis today of Don Vincente Guerra, leading cigar manufacturer and the Spanish consul at Tampa. He was given an honorary de- gree of knighthood, emitting him to the title of Don by King Alfonso, for services to the Spanish government.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10
Barrel Full of Raas.

Detroit, January 9.-The barrel shipped by the Carmichaels from Adair, Mich, to Ohio was discovered in transit in the rail road yards today. It was found to con- tain nothing but carpet rags, the state ment of Mrs Carmichael regarding the shipment being thus confirmed. The bar rel was delayed owing to the address.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10
No Foundation for Report.

Atlanta, January 9-P. S. Arkwright vice president of the Atlanta, Birmng- ham and Atlantic railroad, when asked to- day regarding the progress of the pur- chase of the Atlanta, Birmingham and At lantic by the Louisville and Nashville road, authorized the statement that there is no foundation for the report, and the negotiations for the sale of the Atlanta Birmingham and Atlantic have not even been considered
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10
Jay Gould Is Defeated.

Cambridge, Mass, January 9.-Peter Latham, of England. the worlds pro fessional court tennis champion, today defeated Jay Gould of New York. the amateur title holder, at the New Ram dolph court at Harvard. three sets to one, the scores being 2-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2. Gould won the first set without difficulty, chief ly through errors by his opponent. After that, however, Latham steadied and Gould became cratic.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10
Missing Preacher Has Not Yet
 Deen Located
TRAIL LEADS ID CHICAGO
Many CIews Have Been Found to the Missing Preacher, But Some Be- leve That Third Party
 Killed Both Men.

Chicago, January 9.-(Special )-The theatre of action in the pursuit of the Rev. John H. Carmichael accused of murdering Gideon Browning a simple minded sou in one of the churches at Adair, Mch where the clergyman preached, has shifted to Chicago. It is now known definitely that Carmichael came to this city the day following the murder. Sheriff Moore of Port Huron and Police Lieutenant E. Baker of De- troit arrived here today to make a search for him.
 They visited the Salvation Army bar racks, the stock yards and many of the lodging houses, in company with Detec- tive Sergeants Howe and Quinlan, who were turned over to them by Captain OBrien to act as guides.
 I've are convinced that Carmichael is in Chicago now" said Sheriff Moore, ''and the net that has been spread out to catch him is so extensive and so close that do not see how he can escape alive"
 Lieutenant Baker said that conductor on the Grand Trunk railroad had posi- lively identified the photograph of Car michael as that of a passenger who board ed his train at the Tunnel station, just outside of Port Huron, and rode Wlth him into Chicago arriving at the Polk street station at 2:15 Wednesday after noon. This conductor is Chris Swichert. said the lieutenant "l interrogated nm closely and am satisfied as Is Sherin Moore that the man he talks apout was Preacher Carmichael.
 ''Swschert noticed him when he got on at the tunnel station first because he was a very big man, and second, because ne seemed to be exceedingly nervous. He produced a ticket to La Peer. Mich, and then asked swichert if he could get a Pullman berth to-, Chicago.
 ",rhe ticket only goes to La Peer said the conductor
 q know it. replied the nervous pas senger My first intention was to go off there and so to a hotel for I have not had a wink of sleep in "A hours but as can get a berth to Chicago, l might as well sleep on that train. or course, I want to pay the difference in fare.
 "So 1t was arranged and the passenger, undoubtedly Carmichael. went to bed
 He was up early. but dozed off and on and his nervousness appeared to in crease all the time until the train reached the Polk street station at 2:15 Wednesday afternoon.
 When we find this man we will find the Rev. John H. Carmichael, on whose head there Is reward of $5OO for the murder of the poor, harmless, simple minded countryman, Gideon Browning, who was lured to the church slaughter house by an offer of job where he could get $40 a month with nothing to do but smoke his pipe" said the lieu tenant.
 You are satisfied that 1t was Brown ing who was murdered and not the preacher?" Sheriff Moore was asked.
 Perfectly" answered the sheriff, with an emphatic nod.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-10
Church VIII Be Torn Down.

Port Huron Mich, January s.-The feel ing expressed by number of the neigh borhood farmers leads to the belief that the Rattle Run church will be burned or torn down as soon as the authorities have concluded their investigations of the murder mystery. Children and farmers
 wives have unitedly expressed a purpose never to again worship in the building, which has been sanctuary for 20 years.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-30
JosIAH's HORSE TRADE.

Josiah" said Aunt SuZan after she
had heard the particulars Of the horse
trade in which her husband had ap-
parently finished poor second,
you're the worst fool I ever seen.
LaWs-a-mercy, amt you old enough to
know yet that when person wants
to git up trade with you for some
thing you amt anxious to git rid of
it's because they want to cheat you?
declare to goodness l think some
times you git SO you know less and
less the older you grow. You want
never too smart, as far as that's con-
cerned, and | often wonder how I've
managed to put up with you as long as
have; but this caps the climax. The
idea Of tradin' off a horse with nothin
worse than the heaves and mebby a
SPAWN or two for that critter you've
brought home. It's that humiliatin'
don't know what I'll ever be able to
say when the neighbors git to askin'
about it."
'I'll tell you what to do" replied her
husband, as he laid his knife aside and
began scooping up the pork gravy
with spoon, IF the neighbors git to
askin' questions that's embarrassin'
you just turn the subject off by tellin'
EN- about sendin' on so cents for 20
useful articles and gittin' that number
of pins"
Then Aunt Suzan wiped her eyes
with her checked apron, and said
between her sobs:
you always was such hand to
harp, Josiah! And, anyway, l want
you to understand it was money l got
for eggs my own hens laid. hope
this horse you got'll die. Then, maybe,
you'll have little sympathy in your
heart once and awhile"-S. E. Kiser,
in Chicago Record Herald.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-30
TWO RECIPES or VALUE
For Chestnut Mousse and Dainty ana
Festive Cake.

To make chestnut mousse take
one cup of chestnut PURGE, also one
and one-half cupfuls of chestnuts
cooked in a thick strip and dried aft
erWards on WaXed paper in the oven.
Heat the PURGE, stirring into it a small
cupful of sugar. Set it aside to cool.
Add cupful of the chestnuts cut into
half and lightly mix with pint of
cream, stiffly whipped. Put into a
c1osely-covered mold and pack in ice
and salt for five hours. Turn out on
platter and surround by whipped
cream.
A cake festive in red, white and
blue may be made as follows: For the
cake take one pound of -four and sift
with one teaspoonful of baking pow
der; mix into it thoroughly six round
ing tablespoonfuls of butter, then add
three-fourths pounds of sugar, one
pint sweet milk, one tablespoonful of
vanilla extract; then fold in the stiffly-
beaten whites of five eggs. Divide the
batter into three parts, and to one
add enough red vegetable coloring to
make strawberry shade, favoring
this part with rose, to the other third
add violet coloring and almond ex-
tract, leaving the other third white
and favoring this with vanilla; put
these parts into a loaf tin in alter
nate layers, baking in moderate oven
about As minutes; when cold ice, with
red icing, piped with white and violet
icing stars.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-30
Picked Ham,

For each 100 pounds of hams make
pickle of ten pounds of salt, two
pounds of brown sugar, two ounces of
saltpeter, one ounce of red pepper and
from four to four and a half gallons
of water, or just. enough to cover the
hams after being packed in water
tight vessel, or enough salt to make a
brine to float fresh egg high enough,
that is to say, out of water. First rub
the hams with common salt and lay
them in tub. Take the above ingre-
dents, put them into vessel over the
fire and heat it hot, stirring it fire.
quently; remove all scum, allow it to
boil, take it out, let it cool and pour
over meat. After laying in this brine
five or six weeks, take out, drain and
wipe, and smoke from two to three
weeks. This is the way to cure it.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-30
Jersey Apple pumnIinos.

Pare and core ripe apples, filling
each apple with Tablespoonful sugar.
Make rich pie crust and cut
in circles or squares large enough
to hold an apple. Set an apple in the
center of each, put a bit of butter on
top, and fold the pastry around the
apple. Put in granite dripping pan
or earthen pudding dish, and cover the
dumplings with cold water. Add for
each dumpling tablespoonful sugar,
and nutmeg to season. Bake about
two hours, keeping the pan covered
the first hour. No sauce will be need
ed beside that in the pan.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-30
To Wash NelNeteen.

That velveteen may be washed sue
cessfully will probably surprise many
persons. Make lather of some pure
white soap and hot water, souse the
velVeteen up and down in it a num-
Der of times, then put it in two more
hot fathers, and finally rinse thor
oughly in clear, warm water. Do not
wiring it out, but hang it on the line
and let remain until it is half dry. Re-
move from the line and iron on the
wrong side. The steam will raise the
pile and make it look like new A tea
spoonful of salt should be used to a
quart of water in the washing and
rinsing waters.