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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-08
Bathing in Gold
m the New York Press.

r rom the New York Press.
 Parisian journalist who had speculaied in railway shares won 200, 0oo francs as the result of a lucky venture. Drawing 1T in gold he proeeeded to d hotel. emptied tine bags of gold in the bed and went to sleep literally in the sands of Pactoius. The man was so crazy by his good fortune that he found indescrbable pleasure Ill leveling in a golden bath.
 Paganini. the violinist. when he received the proceeds of his concerts the insisted upon being paid in gold), used to wash his hands in soverelsns. A French novelist, Soule wrote a book called The Memoirs of the Devil.' It was successful; the publishers paid him for the first volume s10.O9O in gold The author carried the gold to his bedroom, poured it into q foot bath, and enjoyed Tor half an hour the ex- eitement of moving his feet to and fro in a bath of gold coins, smoking mean while the biggest of Havanas.
 Chicago merchant of great wealth. believing certain symptoms indicated tha, he would become insane. consulted a spe. cialist and under his advice became an
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-08
Black Hand Crimes

Chicago, August "A summary or the crimes committed by members of the so-called black hand in this city in 1911 to date, made public today, gives total of Is n:urders, scores of stabbings and more than 1eo bomb explosions and So00.- 0l collected in black mail With one exceptions none of the perpetrators of these numerous crimes has been con victed During March of the present year four murders were committed near ore stree: corner in what Is known as Little Sicily" alone
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-08
Rev. Anderson Speaks

Ashevile, N. C., August 7.-Rev. R. C. Anderson, of Gastonia, N. C.. today ad- dressed the session of the Sunday school conference, one of the several confer ences which are being held at the Presby- terian summer assembly at Montreal He discussed "Child Nature and Child Nur- i'm
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-08
REST AND HEALTH TO xo-gER AND CHILD.

MRS. WINsLow's SOOTHING, SYRUP has heen used for over SIXTY YEARS by MILLIONS of MOTHERS for their CHILDREN WHlLE TEETHINC, with PERFECT SUCCESS. It SOOTHES the CHILD. SOFTENS the GUMS, ALLAYS'all PAIN CURES WHY'D COLO. and is the best remedy f. DIARRHtEA. It is ab- solutely harmless. li sure and ask for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Sy-up' and take no other Kind. Twenty five cent, bottle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-08
Turkish Battle Reported

London. August Dispatches received from Teheran say that rumors were in circulation that battle had been fought between government troops and the forces of the former Shah. Mohammed Ali Mirza. A dispatch from Teheran to The Times says that Mohammed Ali Mir ga appears to be about 190 miles northeast of Teheran with 2000 men,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-08
Black Hand' wreaks Vengeance

Pi;tsburg August 7.-Because John Spa.ano, 2 wealthy Italian merchant of .Aliquppa, Pa, refused to comply with the demands of Black Hand" letter to place s2o00 where it could readily he found, the three-stcry building in which his store was located wes wrecked by heavy charge of dynamite today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-08
Cramp Will Build Ships

Washington, August 7.-The Cramp shipbuilding company of Philadelphia was the lowest bidder today for four 29-knot torpedo boat destroyers Of 1903 tons each at s760000 each. Eight boats in all are to be built
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-08
MRS. BURNS INQUEST
Will Be Continued By Coroner At ?
 O'Clock Today

No new developments have been made in the death of Mrs. J. R. Burns, the young woman who was found burned to death on. Sunday by her husband in the kitchen at the family residence near Ger mania park. The coroner held an in- quest but has reached no conclusion.
 The inquest will be continued today at I o'clock and it is thought that decis- ion will be rendered before night e No funeral arrangements have been made.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-08
Cattle Quarantined

s Kansas City, August 7-City, state and
 federal authorities joined here today and quarantined all cattle in Kansas City, Kansas. The quarantine was brought on by Texas fever found among some dairy herds and from which cattle have died.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-08
Cantain McGillicuddY Dies

Cleveland, August 7-Capt. T. D. a,c Gillicuddy, 70 years old, widely known Grand Army veteran, one of the chief organizers of the Ohio Ma tional Guard in 1875 and for years an organizer of Grand Army posts throughout the country, is dead at n.s home here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-08
Deaths and Funerals
D. P. Brown

The funeral of D. P. Brown will be held this morning at 10 o'clock at the residence of his son. s. E. Browne at Earie Place. After the service at the residence the funeral train will proceed to Elmwood cemetery. where the intor- ment will be made
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-08
Behm Excused

Los Anegeles, August 7.-George Behm, uncle cf Orte McManigal, al legged confessed dynamiter, was off ther testimony before the grand jury concerning his relations with his nephew, who is a star witness in the McNamara case
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-08

inmate of a private asylum. For 12 years there his recreation was piing up golf coins and then knocking them over. At times he washed his hands in gold eagles and half eagles. At the end of the iong seclusion he returned to his business and in F months confirmed the thoroughnass ss ot his recovery by amassing s500,000 v
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-08
BURMAN "BUSTS" MILE RECORD

Scranton, Pa, August Bob Burman, driving a 200-horsepower Bltzen Benz, this afternoon esta blished a new record for mile on a half-mile track, covering the distance in one minute and eight seconds, two-fifths of a second better than the old mark. The worlds record
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-08

on a half-mile track is one minute and six seconds, this time having been ac- complished on a circular banked track.
 In the half mile time trials, Burman came within one-fifth of a second of equalling the worlds record of S4 1-5 seconds.
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ALABAMA sYNoDICAL COLLEGE
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SHAW, the Undertaken, Phones 9.
GREEN Undertaking Co. Phones i

LICE LoY, Undertaken. Phones 7Ss.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-21
MORE COMPLAINT
ABOUT CROSSING
The Mobile Street Railroad Crossing
Is Dangerous and Gives the
City a "BIack Eye"

Mr.. j. r. Haney, who lives on Agnes
street, beyond the Northeastern depot,
stopped News man on the street this
morning to express his appreciation
of the News editorial of Wednesday
in reference to the bad condition of
the Mobile street crossing at the
tracks of the New Orleans & North
eastern and the Gulf & Ship Island
railroads. Mr.. Haney thinks it a
shame that the railroads do not pave
the crossing, and says it is the opinion
of all he has talked with that the City
Commissioners should either force the
railroads to do the work or have it
done at the expense of the city, as
there is not a worse place in all the
streets of the city, or one that is trav
eled by more people. Mr.. Haney states
that the condition of the street has
grown so bad that the vehicles and
automobiles have virtually taken the
so-called side walk and that 1t is
dangerous for pedestrians to pass that
way, especially at night, and that it
is dangerous for children all the time,
and that the wonder is that accidents
do not occur daily. "On account of the
! condition of the street and the fire.
quently passing trains and vehicles of
various kinds, accidents are likely to
| occur at any time, which would doubt
| less result in heavy damage suits
against the railroads as well as the
city" said Mr., Haney "Drummers,
who visit the city are constantly
commenting on the bad condition of
the crossing and it is giving the city
a black eye to the outside world,
! said Mr.. Haney.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-21
ARMY TRANSPORT
SERVICE CHARGES.

Washington, July 21.-According to
an officer high in the service, the army
transportation service has since the
Spanish-American war been the field
for the operation of all kinds Of dis
honest methods.
To Offset any inquiry Congress might
make the inspector generals office has
started an Investigation which army
officers promise will clean the service,
but not without shaking the army from
top to bottom.
The investigation will be secretive.
The inspectors will move with little
publicity, and wherever 1t is possible
to cover up and still make cleaning
1t will be done. Brig. Gen. e. A. Gar
lington is in charge of the investiga
| tion.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-21
negro FOUND HURT
ON SIDE OF ROAD

Sun Blank, negro man about thir-
ty years of age, was picked up by a
switch engine of the New Orleans &
Northeastern railroad near Bonhomie
this morning and brought to Hatties'
burg. The negro was found lying on
the side of the track and seemed to be
suffering considerable pain from bruis-
es about the head. 1t is not known
whether he was struck by some one
or whether he was trying to steal a
ride on some train and fell off. While
the negro is not unconscious, he has
so far made no statements as to how
he received his injuries, He was Civ
en- medical attention by the railroad
physician.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-21
HON. HARVEY JORDAN
To SPEAK SATURDAY

Hon. Harvey Jordan, of Atlanta,
president of the Southern Cotton
Growers Association. will speak in
Hattiesburg Saturday morning at 10
o'clock in the court house in the in
terest of a gin compress recently in
vented.
Mr.. Jordan desires to get enough
of the farmers of this section to agree
to patronize a gin compress that the
fertilizers company will be justitiable
in putting in a compress at their gin.
The new invention means a saving of
about $3.50 a bale to the farmer by
reason Of the fact that the tear on a
bale when compressed at the gin is
only eight of ten pounds, while the
tear under present methods is SO
pounds per bale.
All are invited to hear Mr.. Jordan,
the town people as well as those from
the country.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-21
Church OF Christ
HAS SUNDAY SCHOOL

The members of the Church of
Christ met Sunday and organized
Sunday school of nineteen members,
including officers and teachers. The
minister of the church has during the
week found fifteen or sixteen new
members, making the membership
now thirty. Pastor Joseph Montgom-
cry states the congregation will con-
tinue to meet in the old NJ. E. church
on Main street and that all are invited
to attend, especially those who do not
attend any other Sunday school. They
will find a welcome.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-21
GARY'S SCHEME
is DECLARED TO
BE SOCIALISTIC
JOHN E. PARSONS, SUGAR TRUST
ATTORNEY, DEFENDS METH
DDS OF HIS COMPANY.
INDoRSES The SUPREME COURT
Thinks That There Should BE No
Government Control Of Corporations
And That They Should Be Permitted
to Have Free Hand.

New York, July 21.--In an academic
discussion of governmental relations
to corporations, John E. Parsons, form
er president of the American Bar AS
sociation and former counsel for the
American Sugar Refining Company,
declared to the congressional commit
tee investigating the sugar trust"
that the proposition of E. H. Gary,
chairman of the United States Steel
Corporation, for government control
of business combinations was socialis-
tic. He added that, in his opinion
Congress should place no restrictions
whatever on trade.
Government should permit COM
merce to take it's course" he said.
"a great corporation cannot be or
ganized merely on the valuation in
dollars and cents of its physical prop
critics; the men behind it must be
capitalized. They are worth some
thing to the investor. The capitaliza.
ton must be on the physical proper
ties, the prospects of the business and
the men who are to manage it. That
is not water. -.
"If Congress should pass a law con
forming to Justice Harlan's dissentin2
opinion in the Standard Oil and To
bacco Trust cases, it would cause tn,
country's greatest disaster. If Justice
Harlan's opinion stood as the rulini
opinion of the court. our jails woulC
be filled to overlooking with stock
holders and officers of corporations
No two businesses could combine t.
increase their trade"
Mr.. Parsons was positive that ther
should be no government control o
corporations; that they should be pei
mitted free hand, and the ultimat
7 consumer would profit by his plan.
{ The Sugar Combine.
Mr.. Parsons told the committee hi
version of the formation of the suga
combine He said at first that he wa
willing to share all the blame, 81
there is any"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-21

Railway passenger officials are very
much discouraged over the prospects
for summer tourist business from Mis-
sissippi, and the volume of traffic from
this state to the seashore and noun
tain resorts will undoubtedly be the
smallest for many years.
Intensity of interest In the pending
senatorial contest is ascribed as the
chief reason for the small volume Of
business. Citizens who heretofore
have been in the habit of leaving
about the middle of July for the Caro-
lima and Virginia mountains, the lakes
Of the North, or the Atlantic seaside
resorts, have made up their minds to
stay at home until the political con-
tests are brought to finish.
In some instances these annual va
cationists have sent their families
away, intending to Join them during
the latter part of August, while others
who took their trips earlier than usual
will be hurrying home next week to
vote in the primary on the first of
August.
Business and professional men who
ordinarily manifest very little interest
in politics. and do not seem to care
who holds the office, are showing very
intense enthusiasm in the senatorial
contest, and are determined to sacri
flee personal pleasure and much-need
ed rest to perform the highest duty O.
American citizenship.
During the month of August tn,
railroads put into effect the ten-da.
cheap excursion rates to Northern an,
Eastern points, and usually these ex
cursions carry away thousands of Mis-
sissippians to enjoy a brief respit
from their daily toll. Thus far tn
railroads have not announced tn
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-21
Tragedy Caused By
hfdehty Of Young Wife

the Smith and Wesson revolver with
32 caliber cartridges. At the extreme
north end of the alley he encountered
Sam Broyles, plantation owner, who
was driving along in buggy.
Take me to JAIL" demanded Yeag-
ley, placing his revolver in a menacing
position. 81 killed my wife, and be-
lieve got her mother. Take me to
Jail so that l can surrender"
Yeagley claims that his wife loved
another man and left him a week and
half ago, returning Saturday, claim
ing she had been to Brookhaven. He
also asserts that his wife and mother
in-law threatened his life.
The girl was 16 years old when she
was married to Yeagley. She is the
daughter of Anderson, Pierce. well
known street car conductor. She was
a pretty girl, with slight girlish fig
ure, and attracted considerable atten-
ton wherever she went. The pair
were sweethearts for many months.
and one day they decided to go to
Clinton and get married. The girl
was young and tickle, and not suited
to high strung, impetuous youth as
was Yeagley.
The marriage was anything but hap
py, the household being frequently
rent with quarrels and disturbances
The other man in the case lives in
North Jackson, and is the son of a
we'll known family. 1t has been stat
ed by friends of Yeagley that the gir
was seen frequently in the compan!
of "the other man." and that she wa
advised to forsake him and go back t
her husband who was willing to do al
in his power to make her happy. Sh'
declared to her relatives that she di'
: not love her husband and would no
| live with him.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-21

other local civic organizations will
take the matter in hand and formulate
the details.
The new Governor will be one of
the youngest men who ever occupied
the executive chair, and from the so
cial viewpoint the inauguration will
also be made a notable event. Mrs
Brewer is a woman of regal beauty
refined, cultured and accomplished
and will prove in every way a worthy
successor of the present beautiful mis-
tress of the executive mansion, who
has been a social leader in the capital
city for the past four years.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-21
FIRE DAMAGES
BRELAND House
Flames Said to Have Been Caused by
Careless Act of Servant
Loss Quite Heavy.

The residence of Mr.. J. c. Griffin on
the corner of Bay street and Southern
avenue was partially destroyed by fire
this morning about $50 o'clock. The
house was a two-story frame building
and was Occupied by Mrs. R. L. Bre-
land, who conducts a boarding house.
The origin of the fire is said to
have been caused by a servant setting
a lot of trash on fire in a CRATE and
going off and leaving it, resulting in
fire falling to the floor and setting the
contents of the room on fire. The fire
was not discovered until the room was
enveloped' in flames and they broke
through the windows.
A hasty run was made by the fire
department and the flames were con-
fined to the second story of the house.
The roof was burned away and the
walls badly damaged. while the con-
tents of the second floor were either
burned or ruined by the smoke and
water. That part of the furnishings
on the first floor not removed was
damaged by water.
1t is understood that Mr.. Griffin
carried insurance on the house, but
that Mrs. Breland did not have any
on her furnishings.
Small Blaze Last Night.
A house Occupied by negroes on
Front street, near the plant of the
Enterprise Boiler Works. was destroy
ed by fire Thursday night about l; sc
clock.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-21

Special to The Neos.
Jackson, Miss, July 21.-A fright
full tragedy, bold and deliberate, is the
elimination of a series of jealous
which wrecked the pretty
little home of Emmett Yeagley, %
years, and Bessie Pierce, his child
wife, on Commerce Street near Baxter
alley, shortly before o'clock yester-
afternoon. The frail little woman, the
bride of only four months, is dead
from three bullets fred into her body
by her husband in a frantic rage be-
cause she would not return to him,
and Mrs.. Neil Pierce, her grandmoth-
er, Sc years old, is lying in one of the
wards of the Sanitorium making an
heroic struggle for life.
81 killed my wife. and l believe !
got her mother. have made a good
job and am willing to die for It," ex-
claimed Yeagley as he ran from the
scene of his bloody deed.
The fuslllade or shots, about ten IN
number, fred In rapid succession from
two pistols carried by the youthful
shootist. caused wild excitement in
the neighborhood. When the police
arrived they found Mrs. Neil Pierce
the gradmother of Mrs. Yeagley, ly
ing in the front room of the house il
pool of blood, suffering from ;
wound in the right breast which pene
trated the lung, and another wound il
the abdomen. The wife was lying fac
upward in the lane about thirty fee
from the house. She was dead. On
bullet struck her in the abdomen, ar
other in the chest, and a third enter
ed the brain.
Yeagley rushed from the scene wit
two revolvers. In Baxter alley h
dropped one of the weapons, 3s ca
iber Colt. and as he ran he reloade
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-21
$4,5oo DIAMOND HAUL.

Kansas City, July 21.-Two men en-
tered the shop of the Franklin Jewel
ry Company, in the heart of the city
yesterday, held up B. J. Franklin st
the point of a revolver, took a tray OF
diamonds and ran down an ally.
When pursued by Franklin they fred
at him, dangerously wounding B. A.
Seitz. bystander.
A posse of citizens gave chase and
captured a man thought to be one Of
the robbers, but none of the diamonds,
valued at $4,000, were recovered. Sci
is probably fatally injured.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-21
Summer Tourist Business
The Lightest In Years

dates for the August excursions, but If
the ten-day period lapses over the 22nd
of August, which is the date for the
second primary, it is certain that hun
dreds of Mississippians who would
otherwise go away on trips will make
UP their minds to stay at home.
The exodus of tourists from Hatties-
burg has been smaller up to this time
than for any period within the past
fifteen years.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-21

furnished for $1,000. Wiehe didn't
think the charge was solely for copy
ing the 12S pages of contributors.
Senator Kern, vice-presidential candi-
date on the Democratic ticket, on
learning there were 12S pages of con-
,ributors to the Taft fund, remarked: :
see how it happened"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-21
PORTUGUESE FORCES
HAVE MANY GUNS
lBp Associated PresS.l

Lisbon, July 21.--An invasion of
Portugal by Captain Couciere, at the
head of the royalist forces, appears
imminent All attention is now fixed
ON the north. The Portuguese mon
archists possess thousands of rifles of
the latest pattern, smuggled into Ga
lacia, Spain, from Germany and Bel.
gium and have many field guns and
maxims.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-21
Small Blaze Last Night.
FORMING PLANS FOR
THE INAUGURATION
Special to The NeDS.

Special to The NetOS.
Jackson Miss, July 2l.-Although
the event is several months hence,
plans are being formulated to make
the inauguration of Hon. Earl Brewer
the most notable event of its kind in
the history of the commonwealth.
Advices from Clarksdale state that
the entire white population of that
community, and many of the negroes,
want to come to Jackson and see ''the
barefooted boy from Carroll" take the
cath q DfncSzw Several special trains
VI 3 el'Afl ~ \ {k< <sees
time the Jaekson Hesid q Trade ~
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-21
A CRUISER IS
sent TO PROTECT
THE AMERICANS.
GOVERNMENT OF HAYTI OVER
THROWN AND IN THE HANDS
OF REvoLuTIoNisTs.
ANARCHY IN CAPE HAITIEN
Armed American Yacht 10 the Only
Protection at Hand Fer Americans
There-wemen and Children Taken
Aboard ship-consui Wounded.
fBy Associated Press.)

Washington, July 21.-ImpressedI
with the need of quick action to protect
interests in Hayti. the scout
cruiser Chester" coaled during the
night and sailed last night for cape
Haytien, twelve hours after she was
detached from the naval feet engag-
ed in war maneuvers of Long Island.
The Chester" will maintain an ever
age speed of twenty knots and is ca
expected to reach Cape Haytien Mon
day night.
The government, strengthened by
one thousand men who arrived dur
ing the night from the south on a
German steamer, has organized re-
sistance to the revolutionists. who are
threatening the Capital from the
North. President Simon is directing
the defense of the palace. General
Sylvan, secretary of interior. has tax
en- command of the government troops
concentrated near Por Au Prince into
which district the rebels are concen
trated and swarming. The American
gunboat "Petrel" arrived today.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-21
LORD KITCHENER MADE X. P.

Dublin, July 21.-The Earl of Shaft
esbury and Viscount Kitchener were
invested with the insignia as extra
Knights of St. Patrick, at chapter of
the order held after their majesties'
banquet at Dublin castle recently.