davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-01-02
VIII of millionaire.

Pittsburg, January 1.-The will of
the late James w. Friend disposes of
an estate of $15,000,000, one-third 60
ing to his widow. Martha A. Friend,
the remaining portion being divided
between the testators four children.
There were no charitable requests
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-01-02
Railroads Claim Fraud.

st. Paul. Mimi. January Ram
roads in the northwest are said to
have lost az much as haH q million
dollars annually through the manipula-
ton of employment agents In an parts
of the country. President L. W. HIM
Of the Great Northern railroad is con-
Quoting an investigation into this clano
of frauds on this road.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-01-02
Charged with Being = Trust.

Kansas City, Mo-, January L.
The three officers and six members Of
the board of directors Of the Kansas
City Fruit and Produce exchange Who
we're Indicted today by the jackson
county grand jury are charged with
combination to control the price OF
butter, eggs. potatoes and other 1000
stuffs on the Kansas City market
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-01-02
DON'T. Wear
A TRUSS
After Thirty Years Experience Have
Produced An Appliance for Men,
Women or Children That
Cures Rupture.
1 Send 1t On Trial.

If you have tried most everything
else, come to me. Where others fail IL
where have my greatest success. Send
attached coupon today and l will send
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-01-02
II Starts
Monday
Morning
|IIgIi!qI!|S$ ;!!EIIIeE
soc Night Robes SOC
75c Night Robes 58c
S1.OO Night Robes 79c
$3.50 Night Robes CSC

These all plain Wholesome with white
trimmings and others with little coored edgings. BY
contrast. We invite you especially width
length of these night robes In sales this is highly
portant, and because right in way-and
have all sizes-you buy literally with perfect
safety
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-01-02

tuYc for over 80 years. II Rup-
tured write him today.
you free my illustrated book on Rup-
ture and its cure, showing my April
ance and giving you prices and names
of many people who have tried it and
were cured. 1t is instant relief when
all others fail. Remember l use no
salvss, no harness. no lies
send on trial to prove what / say
IL true. You are the judge and once
having seen my illustrated book and
my hundreds of patients whose letters
you can also read. Fill out free cou-
pom below and mail today. It's worth
your time whether you try my Appli-
auca or not.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-01-02

Teesa event pannf long 20 oe
beydl
kad
ascshto
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-01-02
S1.5O Shirts CSC
81 Pleat Shirts, 79c.

is white. You know
"Blach' tr e a t
people white but
there is a decided
emphasis on such
offerings as these.
Certainly, we have
all sizes.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-01-02
only Five Change.

Five changes recommended out of lit
orally hundreds suggested. The suggest
ed changes covered the entire range from
total abolition of the game to establish
ing "a sort Of spiritual committee which
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-11-03
CAPTURED AFTER
TRYING TO KILL 6

HINTON. W. Special Rob
ert l.. Carr. OF Staunton, who
several days ago started on q drunk
en- carnival Of murder has been cap
tured In Hinton, w. Va. and an Of
ficer has been sent with n requisition
TO fetch him back to the scene of his
attempted crimes.
Carr Is a sort OF dangerous citizen.
and the fact that six murders are
not charged against him at this time
is due solely to his poor aim and ur-
steadiness His father, two brothers
al invalid sister and a child were
fired at through the front door of
his home. and Miss Izetta Cabell lies
in dangerous, possibly fatal, condi-
ton as a result of his diversion.
Carr seems TO be a man OF disco
lutte habits. and when he went TO his
home his father and other members
of the family demonstrated with him
because OF his habits and disinclina-
ton for work OF any sort. all Of
which served TO arouse the ire OF the
man. and he proceeded to get shot
gun and tried to wipe out the entire
family.
Going to the front door, he opened
that and saw his father. two broth
ers, an invalid sister and a child in
the room. without waiting to par
ley. he raised the gun and pulled the
triggers. A leud report followed, and
OnG OA TIC DIOlntIS BI&DOS0 the
and made an effort to get out OF the
reach OF the Infatuated man. The
door was shut, and the report of the
shot attracted several neighbors,
among them Miss Cabeli and her
father. Miss Cabell who had known
the young man for sometime. urged
him not to kill his father.
Don't kill your father, Bob" call
ed out Miss Cabell. and then Carr
turned and saw who it was that had
addressed him He made no reply,
but raised the weapon and fred at
her. the charge of shot taking effect
in her body. She fell to the ground
with a Shrek, and the man suddenly
realized that he had committed a
crime.
The scene Of the shooting is some
distance removed from tho central
part of the city, and when the police
arrived the man had disappeared. This
shooting took place at night. and Carr
managed to make his escape. eluding
the police. and was not heard from
again till last evening, when a tele-
gram came saying that the man had
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-11-03
GOES MAD WHEN GIRL
HE LOVES REJECTS HIM

NEW YORK. Especial because the
girl he loved refused to marry him.
Peter Serembe. twenty-four. a letter
carrier, living at 2039 First Avenue.
became violently insane and was re-
strained from throwing himself from
a window to the street. He then at
tempted to kill himself by devouring
his hand.
Serembe. his father says. consider
ed himself engaged. He had been saw
ing his money to get married. Think
ing he had a sufficient sum he called
upon the young woman last Friday
evening and proposed to her. She
rejected him, telling him that she
loved another and could not marry
him.
: Serembe then became SO morose
that his father, John Serembe, with
whom he lives. kept a careful watch
over him. While sitting in the house
yesterday the young man arose from
his seat suddenly and dashed for the
window. He attempted to throw
himself to the street. but was pre-
vented by his father.
The fathers act incensed the de-
mented man and he started to eat his
right hand. He had torn several
strips of flesh from his hand before
his father called in Policeman Pow
ell. The two got the young man to
the East One Hundred and Fourth
Street Station after much difficulty.
He fought and screamed the entire
distance. attracting a large crowd. An
ambulance from Bellevue Hospital
was called and Serembe was taken in
straitjacket.
The elder Serembe told the police
he did not know the name OF the
young women who had rejected his
son. nor where she lived The son
was very secretive about his wooing
and had raved and cried about the
girl continuously since she refused
him
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-11-03
'AVlAT6R lNIURE
WHEN AIRSHlP FAILS

INTERNATIONAL tAyIATION
FIND, BELMONT PARK. y. T,--Spe-
oiai-An American Is the first victim
OF the second international aviation
meet
Tod shriver. a young nier. was bad
" injured when he lost control OF his
machine seventy-iye feet above tho
6cio during an cary morning flight.
He managed TO take the aeroplane
fifty feet toward the earth when his
motor went wrong at the Graveyard
turn" OF the course Then II turned
turtle and he was hurled TO the
ground. The machine was badly
wrecked.
and hurried away to the hospital ia
an auto. He Yves the first among the
birdmen TO begin preliminary dying.
Shriver was watched intently as his
and many OF the Foreigners were ig-
aorant of the Long Island wind cur
rents.
Went Up 100 Feet
Shrsver shot his machine up to
nearly 100 feet and started around the
course.
As he neared the Graveyard turn
those below could see that things were
going wrong. The machine began to
bob like cork, as though the mo-
tors were behaving badly The air
currents caught the incline and whirl-
ed il about. Shriver made desperate
efforts to keep the aeroplane at even
keel. Suddenly it shot like stone
and when twenty-five feet above earth
II suddenly turned over.
Those who looked on rushed out and
dragged Shriver from me wreckage OF
his machine. he had only just recov-
cred from q recent fall and abandoned
his crutches this morning.
At the Nassau Hospital an examina-
Z ton showed that Shriver had sustained
no internal injuries There was long
sash in his head, however; and his face
ed the hospital. He was bandaged up
and returned to the aviation field, de-
spite the protests OF the physicians who
insisted that he should stay at the hos
pftal
On arriving at the field he found that
his machine was useless for further
flights. and he broke into tears. He
then went to the temporary hospital
quarters.
while the curious crowd was sur
rounding Shrfver's wrecked machine,
an aeroplane appeared on the horizon
and few minutes afterwards alight-
ed on the field as gracefully as a bird.
The machine was biplane with Thos.
r. Baldwin in the seat He had made
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-11-03
ANDREW CARNEGIE
REACHES HON

NEW YORK. Especially - And
Carnegie, who sailed last summer}fX
Skibo Castle feeling somewhat woIH
physically, came back Monday q
the White Star liner Baltic looking q
more energetic than when he depar
ed. He was assisted from the ship ar
to his automobile by a friend and a.
tendant His wife and little daug&
ter Margaret remained on the pi*
and attended TO the baggage. a
seemed feebler than when he wen
away and was quite cheerful. He rs1
fused to say anything about the an!
preaching elections. waving his hanl
and remarking:
Above all things. no politscs."
Mr.. Carnegie made a speech at tn
ships concert, in which he said -;
IL was his eighth trip on the Rs
and his Tooth across the AtlanI4t
When he emigrated some forty-od,
years ago. he said, the sailing vessel Il
which he came had none OF the lux
uries of the immigrant ships OF today
The contrast was stupendous. -
He said IL was the proudest the,
OF his life to be an American citih.
and there was applause whici
prompted him to say: ct can see tina
there are Americans here as loyal a
am"
Mrs. Carnegie recited the secon,
stanza of My Country, IT'S OF Thee,
and Mr.. Carnegie repeated it afte
| her.
Everybody In the saloon sang tn
hymn. Mr.. Carnegie said he loved I
so well that he had bought the orirS
nal manuscript, and priced it high
Then he Modified the Britons presa'
| King" just for the sake of the oil
/ country"
Mr.. Carnegie is seventy-five year
/ old
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-11-03
LIFE SAVERS EFFECT
THRILLING RESCUE
Three Merchantmen and Revenue
Gutter Lost in Late Cuban
Hurricane.

MOBILE, ALA, (SpeciaL)-
News Of three more wrecks in the
Cuban storm and q thrilling rescue
at sea reached here today. Mem
bers OF the crew of the schooner
Harry Feeks, from Mobile to the
Isle of Pines, were taken to Gulf
port, Miss, ON board tho Connis-
ton Wanter. The crew of the
Fcels foated three days, cIinging
60 the wreckage. The MunSon
Line steamer Times is reported
ashore at Muriei Bay, Cuba, and
in danger OF going to pieces.
The British bark Enterprise
was caught i'm the hurricane of
HillsbOrO Inlet and foundered on
a reef, but tho crew was saved.
HAVANA, Especial The Cuban
revenue cutter Cespedes was
sunk i'm the hurricane and all
her crew of twenty-five, includ-
ing the captain, save two MEM
beers, persisted, according to q TO-
port from Cape San Antonio.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-11-03
Good old school Dnys.

The conductor of q Western freight
train saw a tramp stealing q ride on
one Of the forward cars. He told
a brakeman in the caboose to go up
and put the man Off at the next stop.
When the brakeman approached the
tramp, the latter waved a big revolver
and told him to keep away.
did you get rid of him2" the con-
ductor asked the brakeman. when the
train was under motion again.
Il hadn't the heart" was the reply.
He turned out to be an old school
friend of mine"
I'm take care of him. said the con-
ductor as he started over the tops OF
the cars.
After the train had made another
stop and gone on, the brakeman came
into the caboose and said to the con
ductor:
We'll. is he onf?"
mo: he turned out TO be an old
school friend OF mine, too."--Every-
body's Magazine.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-11-03

been captured in Hinton. w. Va. and
was being held for the Virginia au-
thorftfes.
Carter Braxton. attorney for the
Commonwealth. lost no time In get
ting the papers ready for the requisi-
tionlng OF Carr. and they came today.
receiving the endorsement or Cover
nor Mann They will be sent to Staun-
ton this afternoon. and Chief K. M.
Lipscomb. OF the police department.
will leave on the afternoon train to
escort Carr back to stanton, where
he will receive the due consideration
OF the courts OF that city.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-11-03
Gold Mining I'm Virginia.

HARRISONBURG, VA. (SpecialD--
Gold is being mined near Morrisville,
Fauquier county. NJ. c. Clay, expert
mining engineer from Pittsburg. a few
days ago erected crude arrangement
for washing out sand and quartz on
the farm of James Stribling. Gold
flakes as big as grains OF wheat are
found. And the fever is spreading
A mine on M. Emig's place pans q
IS day. David Kemper, nearby,
dug three holes on his farm, and ~
being literally rewarded.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-11-03
CIV sISs.r, REPEATED

SrAUNTON, VA. Especially An
other cave-in occurred this morning
In the lire OF the original channel and
weter was fathomed to the depth Of
fifty feet. The sink took place in \
shaft that was being sunk in Tomas
Street for the purpose OF archsng the
channel. and viii prove an advantage
I'm the work, as IL reveals the water
channel and will save the labor OF re-
moving the earth. Fifteen or twenty
thousand dollars. aud possibly more,
viii be expended sn repairing the
work done by cave-ins up to this time.
Work IS perhaps two-thirds eoW-
pleted.
This recalls the recent cave-in OF
the streets OF Staunton, iu which a
house WAS engulfed. fire station
wrecked and public school threatened
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-11-03
WAGON UNCOUPLES AND
EDITOR HART INJURED

FARMVILLE, VA, Especially. l..
Hart, editor OF the Farmville Herald.
WAS seriously injured while out driv-
ing yesterday afternoon when his We
hicle became uneoupled. His right
shoulder was dislocated. II. T. Stokes.
who was riding with Mr.. Hart. was
not hurt.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-11-03

open space. the spot being in fun view
OF a large surrounding territory. and
how the tragedy could have been en-
acted without being witnessed by peo-
pie living nearby is puzzle TO the au-
thorities.
This is the second mysterious muir
der In the city within the past two
weeks.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-11-03
Dies From wounds.

LYNCH e, no, VA, Especial. Al
bert Venable, who was cut in a row
at Amherst Courthouse Friday night
by another negro named Meredith
Wright. died at Amherst today
Wright. who was out under 5000
bail, will be rearrested and charged
with murder.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-11-03
EXTENSIONS OF CREDIT
CAUSES FIRM TO FAII.

NEW YORK Special.-The failure
OF Robbins & Opper, of Boston. was
announced on the Consolidated stock
Exchange this morning. Excessive ex-
tensions of credit 20 customers was
the cause.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-11-03
R. Ri CONDUCTOR
BRUTALLY MURDERED

ROANOKE, -Speciai.-There is
absolutely no clew to the identity OF
the murderer OF Yard Conductor NJ.
M. Spence. of the Virginian Railway.
A coroner's jury has been summon
ed by Coroner Simmons. The body
was viewed and the jury adjourned
awaiting developments. No reason
has been assigned for the murder. as
II Is believed that the conductor. who
was married two months ago to Miss
Alice Hines, of this city. did not have
an enemy. That the motive was rob-
berry is not suspected by the police.
The funeral of the dead conductor
will take place Sunday afternoon from
st. Marks Lutheran Church.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-11-03
ROANOKE, VA-SpeciaI.-

N. spence, conductor, was muir
dered and left i'm an open field
in the city limits, within ten feet
OF n much-traveled road, at noon
yesterday, while engaged I'm
checking up cars I'm the Virginia
yards.
There was evidence OF a desper-
ate struggle, and knife wounds on
the dead mans hands indicated
that they were received In an ef-
fort TO protect himself. Three
gasheS were on the left side of
the throat, and the check was laid
open. On the right side was n
wound extending from his ear to
his throat, and so deep that the
cartoid artery was severed. The
body was discovered by NJ. w.
London, a contractor, while on
his way to get his dinner.
The dead conductor had his ca
record book. and had just checked vi
train which was to go out. He wa
seen at 1880 o'clock by several yar'
men. His shirt was torn entirely of
his body, and a portion of il was pick
ed up about sixty yards away. an'
showed signs of the murderer having
used it to wipe the blood from hi
hands.
Spence was married two months a.
to Miss Alice Hines, a stenographe
in the office of the City Engineer. Hi
watch was undiSturbed, but about s
in small change and his keys wer
found scattered on the ground. A dia
mond ring was missing. which indi
Gates that the motive of the murde
may have been robbery.
There is no clew TO the identity o
the conductors slayer. and blood
hounds failed to take the trail.
The murder took place in a larg
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-11-03

tf1..|...Er child viii insist on running
II hfkself. And you know how that
paper without reading an account
of an automobile accident
But, mother, he rides in other peo-
Plies automobiles Mr.. Martin would
demonstrate.
And they've all got cnauffeurs. :
Mrs. Martin would point out trium-
phantly-
She did not know--neither did Mr..
Martin, Tor that matter--that every
evening. in the temporary absence OF
the Warburton chauffeur, Ernest
drove the Warburton motor TO Rose
dale to meet Mr.. Warburton and the
FIVE thirty train, The graceless Tug
had delegated that duty TO Ernest IN
order that he himself might stay
longer with Phoebe. Ten minutes So
ine-fifteen minutes ,coming~-those
twenty-five minutes OF near-hylng
marked the climax of Ernest's day.
ERNEST was as fussy as girl To-
day picking out his clothes, Mrs.
Martin went on TRANQUILITY HE tried
on so many coats that ! was ashamed
to ask the salesman to bring out an
other suit. 1t seems that ne wanted
certain effect about the shoulders
that ne had noticed in Tugs clothes.
! ! told Ernie that Tug has had tailor
for over a year now and that you
can't expect as much from ready made
clothes as from custom made Then
he asked me If he couldn't go TO 9
| tailor-but told him that he couldn't
until ned got his growth. After
ward. when we bought q hat and
some ties, he was so hard 10 please
fhat was really mortified. ] guess
he bought q dozen ties in all. What
do you suppose has got into tbs
cnild?e Her tone was half annoyed
half grafified.
aOh. it's only girl" Mr.. MartiI
.e;6 Ms eye bard.ing the inch-higi
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-11-03

1t was like having a pair OF burn
ng glasses trained on him.
Ernest's look sank like plumet
his book. To his amazement the
~ pc began TO perform an intricate
- ncy dance. He fried in blush that
q prked Inward as we'll as outward. A
FN,mmy perspiration broke out ali
~ him His shoulders tWitched
y he seemed to hRxe no control over
mouth. He had never before
~ tswn a sensation that was rapture
~ agony in equal parts But the
A. Scst perplexing part of 1t was That
,e liked Il more than he loathed IT.
did you see the new girl to-day,
. Ern?" Phoebe asked that night
On the instant Ernest developed
depth OF diplomacy positively Mac
lavellian.
khat new girl?" he asked cum
sErni" Phoebe exclaimed.
III pair of eyes anywhere
u 50 Stem? A new girl came into
to-day. She's Mrs Wilder's
~ ~ shes come from Akron, N.
: u rne's Fay Faxon."
IN! Surely some poet had
q 1 marvel Of ALTERATION.
ssafd it over and over 1t
~ his tongue
she look like, Phoeb' 2
5 VITA meretricious APP
lss1nette--jet-bl black eyes
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-11-03

shyness OF the first of created women.
It's awfully strange about this Fay
Faxon- Phoebe turned TO her mo-
ther for sympathy with this woman
problem. She's too queer looking to
be exactly pretty. and vet when she's
around you can't help looking at her"
Not exactly pretty! Ernest boiled.
Well. that WAS all a girl knew about
IL anyway. He recalled that he never
had agreed with Phoebe In the matter
OF beauty. In fact. he had never be-
fore seen a girl whom he could hon
estiy call good looking Something
was always wrong. They had buck
teeth or fuzzy hair. or their eyes were
too near together. In the past he
had thought Phoebe rather pretty.
Now he realized that there were sail
ent faults in his sisters face.
Mother. did you say you'd like to
get new suit for met" he asked in
an offhand way a little later. I'D
just as lieve go into Boston Saturday
as not. Might as well get it over
with"
IFS about time Phoebe's tone
was final. II shan't speak TO you
when meet you on the street. Err
Martin, IL you wear that old suit much
longer. If / was out walking with
that new girl. for instance, I'd be
ashamed OF say you were my brother"
Ordinarily a single remark from
Phoebe about Ernest's clothes was
A.3,.for a wrangle stretching from
A>6time. But to Mrs. Mar
n 49, the gage thus
lurday. Ernie. nh
So re hostilities coufd !
,ggin. take much more
Thev Boston early Sat
=
turn untilo " night.
It bong Enie a whole new out
fit today. inward Mrs. Martin said
to Mr.. Aftrtin after dinner 1t took
us all day. 1 never saw Ernie so
trying before. He fused all the way
in on the train because we hadn't an
said we could have got
chine. But you remember, Edward
Martin, that YOU are not to buy an
automobile for that boy, no matter
how he leases you"
"Just as you say. mother" MI Mar
tin answered. although we could az
ford a runabout this year"
The Martins kept horse and car
rage Every evening in mild weather
Mr. and Mrs. Martin went out 70
.aKA, Fine had been when the chill
sakacht for the chance of &C
their parents in the rub
III - moving vehicle. But
> kced it. Nevertheless
set herself immov-
+ & n IL IS Inent when Mr.
i 10 by both son
ally preached the
E 4 ~ s. @<<pslf we could afford
s =; E* wouldn't mind. But
& ]...zls well as / do Edward
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-11-03

At half after nine. Monday morn
kng. Ernest Martin was Just Ernest
Martin At twenty-nine minutes and
nftv-nipe seconds to ten. Monday
morning. Ernest Martin wss Ernest
Martln 9aus n The x represents
state or mind Ansver-Ernest was
1e. and for the FIRST time in his life
he had seen n girl when he looked
at her.
: Ernest did not like girisA He had
often wondered why Providence had
seen ut TO encumber an otherwise per-
fecS world with these obstacles 20
masculine run. Thitberto they had
borne the same relative importance
TO his life as q cloud OF giants TO his
summer vacation. Almost IL was as
II. by some peculiar visual Limitation.
he were blind to the whole sex. Fig
uratively speaking. he never noticed
their existence until ne bumped into
them But though. thus far. he had
held himself absolutely alooi from
contamination. he did not underrate
Rlaeir power. He had seen other boys
Z 20 the enemy weaken. go over
them. Nothing could ex-
kontempt for these rene
AGlvar burton. for instance
Ter been the same boy
~ &Sped a case on Ear
Aoebe. Erntst admit