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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-24
MRS. SCHEMES TRIAL
 IS NEARING THE END
Instructions to Jury Favor the
 Prosecution
DEFENSE IS SURPRISED
Most Important Testimony for Defense Is Ruled Out, After Which the Prosecution Suddenly
 Ends Case

Wheeling, W. Va, January 23.-The end of the trial of Laura Farnsworth Schenk, on a charge of administering lead poison and arsenic to her husband, John o. schenk, is now in sight, arguments hay ing been begun this afternoon. It is un- derstood that the case will be in the hands of the jury not later than Wednes- day noon. The attorneys are not limited as to their arguments and each side has three speeches
 Apparently the greatest blow yet sus- tained by the defense was struck this morning when on motion of Prosecutor Handlan the evidence of Mrs. Jane Hedges was ruled out. It was this wit ness who told on the stand that Albert Schenk had said he would leave no stone unturned to rid the family of John o. Schenks wife,
 The defense played its trump card in Mrs. Hedges, relying upon her evidence to prove their contention that members of the Schenk family had conspired against the woman who is fighting for her liberty
 The evidence given by Mrs. Hedges was ruled out on the ground that no overt act suggestive of conspiracy has been attributed to Albert Schenk or other rela- tives.
 The state immediately after the exclu- sion of Mrs. Hedges testimony an nounced that it would rest the case, talk Ing counsel for defense and every one else by surprise, as 1t had been expected that a number of witnesses would be put on in rebuttal The state apparently scored again when instructions to the i,,rx NAfa Tha rto ta 4Ae 4o,- instructions, all of which were given The defense offered 34, 1s of which were stricken out.
 The suggestions of the state for in structons were of the usual form. and while the defense objected to most oi them the objections were of technical nature and overruled
 The instructions submitted by the de- fense and ruled ut>related principally tc two ects-circumstantial evidence and the reputation of witnesses. Dr. J. w Myers and Miss Eleanor Zoeckler. It was asked that the jury return a verdict oi not guilty if it has not been shown defin- itely that Mrs. Schenk put the poison ir her husbands medicine, or if it is shown that she did not do the work herself. This was rejected, as the state claimed that such instructions would prevent any cir. cumstantial evidence being taken into consideration. The instructions in relation to character of witnesses were overrulec on the claim that the unreliability of the witnesses in question had not been shown
 In opening the arguments for the stare Mir. Maury spoke almost two hours. Ht will have an hour more tomorrow morn ing. Under his bitter arraignment as ar unfaithful wife. Mrs. Schenk first recov cred her composure and listened intentls to the assistant prosecutor. MT. Maur, will be followed tomorrow by Frank A O'Brien and J. J. P. O'Brien for the de fense, and he will reply to their argu ments. s. o. Boyce will close for tn, defense and MT. Handlan for the state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-24

from which it leaves the country is over 10 per cent of the estimated value of the entire output at the place of production.
 The total coal production of the country is in round terms about 100000 long tons per annum of anthracite and approx mately 35O,OO0,0O0 of bituminous, the es- timated value at the mines being. of an thracite s16O, 600 and of bituminous ap- proximately s400,000,00o.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-24
ADJUSTMENTS

Local theatregoers will have an oppor- tunity of witnessing Frances Starr in Eugene Walters remarkable play. "The Easiest Way" at the Jefferson theatre tomorrow night. No play in years has been so much discussed as 'The Easiest Way" and in it Miss Starr has achieved brilliant success. The scenic equip ment will be identical in every respect with that provided by David Belasco for the prolonged run of the play at the Be- lasco theatre in New York, and in the support of Miss Starr will be seen the New York company.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-24
"sIy CindereIla Girl"

A nice crowd of young players present. ed My Cinderella Girl' at the Bijou last night in manner entirely pleasing to a large and rather critical audience of first nighters.
 The play abounds with the college spirit, and the action Is wrapped around the ef- forts of a young collegian to escape the wrath of fond parent who is violently opposed to baseball, for which the son has passionate fondness. The son, as played by Fred Tierney, bewilders the parent with the idea that in mathematics the student is bright, dazzling light over which the fond parent goes into i'm mediate ecstacies.
 The efforts Of his team mates and the girls attending the college to keep up the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-24

BE to l, even, to ,, third Time, 1:4s L'Appelle. Sanction and Ortega ran.
 Sixth race. furlongs-Ben Stone wards. mile and a sixteenth-Vanen, 100 (Quinland), 21a to 1, even, l to ?, won; King of the Mist, 100 (Gorondo), 9 to l, 10 to l, to l, second; Walter Mclean, 107 CAIeCloskey), to l, to 5, to 5, third. Time, 2:02 4-5. Algronet. Louis Cavanagh, Emmy Lou, Eschelu, Heart of Hyacinth ran.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-24
Savannah Mayor sworn In

Savannah, January 23.-Mayor George w. Tiedeman and his new board of all dermen were sworn in at noon today at the city hall by Judge Walter G. Chsrl- ron. The new board was organized by the election of Alderman N- F. Me- Cauley as chairman of the ezDuncil and Alderman Henry s. MeinharA vice chair man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-24
COMPROMISE IN
 WEST VIRGINIA

Charleston, w. V., January 23.-At- sured that no attempt would be made to enforce warrants of arrest for non- attendance upon the sessions of the state senate. IS republican members of that body will return here from Cincinnati tomorrow.
 All matters in dispute between the , democratic senators and the equal number of republican senators are to be referred to an arbitration commit tee, according to the announcement oi Governor Glasscock, made here tonight The announcement was made at the close of conference between the gov ernor, W. F. Chiffon, democratic cau- GUS nominee for the seat of Senator Scott, and former Gov. w. A. McCorkle the latter a democratic member of the state senate.
 This committee Is tu be composed of Senator Meredith, representing the republicans, and Senator Silver, repre- senting the democrats
 Agreeing to arbitration, 1t is be- lieved the democrats will rescind theil action by which Senator Hearne, re- publican, was declared unseated and this and other contested election cases will take their regular course before the senate.
 Notwithstanding the republican sen ators will arrive here early tomorrow it is understood they will not par ticipate in separate sessions tomorrow The opinion in political circles is tha; they will not participate in the pro- ceedings until the arbitration commit tee reaches an agreement upon all points,
 United States Senator Davis Elkins who arrived here today. asserted thai sA s. |. fv.f fI,af Tyxxst ed States would seat the two prospect i've senators from this state unless the present situation is cleared up ir advance ofs the joint balloting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-24

false impression afford some rather Imaginable situations.
 The company Is composed of seven girls and about the same number of men, who rather impress the audience with their youth, but accredit themselves in man. ner becoming those of perhaps wider ex- perience. Miss Dorothy Glenville, as Dulce Harrington, is easily the most nat ural and unaffected female character In the play, acquitting herself as the sister of the erring school lad, with grace and naturalness. She sings a rather nifty song about creeping into hearts, which was participated in by others of the com pany. Were she permitted to give this song alone, without the aid of feminine voices it would go with rush.
 The play will pass away right pleasant ly several spare moments in an evening. and it's chief charm may possibly lie in the fact that no mental effort is neces- sary to comprehend complex situations.
 Louis Spaulding as Hans Wagner is good. John Marble as Byron Harrington. father of the erring Thomas. and the other members of the company are cap able players. ss s.f ts
 This show will be at the Bijou all this week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-24
. Ruth Grey

Ruth Grey was greeted by large audience at the opening of her engage ment in this city at the Orph cum lasE night.
 Without seeming effort tliis truly won derful young person held each one of her listeners spellbound. No effort is made by her management to explain the strange and marvellous power of this woman. Last night Miss Grey an swered over 200 questions. The inner most thoughts of the entire audience seemed like an open book to her pen etrating power
 Complying with popular request, ar engagements have been completed by which matinee will be given at, 2:S0 D. m. each day for the balance of this sweelS. The seats will not be reserved at any of the matinees, with the eH- ception of Thursday, when special programme will be presented for ladies only The crowds at these ladies' mat inees have been so great that 1t has been deemed advisable to have all seats reserved for this special occasion. How ever. no advance in prices will be made for the ladies' matinee. Of course, en- tertainments will be given each night and seats are now on sale at the box office for the entire engagement.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-24
Filibusters win Return

Cincinnati. January 23.-The 15 re- publican members of the West Virginia state senate will leave here tonight for Charleston. According to the statement of Senator Meredith. the democrats at Charleston have conceded the presi- dency of the state senate and all oth CT demands of the republicans.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-24
NOR HIN E

and other drug habits are successfully trsatsd 5, aABIT1NA. For hypcdsrnic or intsrnai " saH. pla sent to any drug hahttute W mqa H0H HH kSseuisr price Saeo per bottle tt your ' 3sGi6 druggist or by mall h plain urspp9
 Delta Chemteal- O., St. Louis, Mo. Es sais @ saAdec- thalnay. Aa,lahan. ~.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-24

Your journey IS regular rest cure that puts you in perfect trim for either business or pleasure when you take the
The Washington herald., 1911-07-16

Showed signs Of fatigue. So he rcsortod 70
strategy, and dodgcd behind his clumsy foe
giving hIm vicious stabs in the thighs Tb,s
was losing game for the rhnoceros. which
was rapidly weakening, and Just at this time
we iouhd some steel bullets we had been look,
ing ior (lcaden bullets having no effect ON tias
ahima)' and, picking out a vulnerable uIac,
,% we on,PIeted the work llulo had begun.
lheh the bull stood on the carcass and brI.
lowed his joy"
vi all the curiOus accidents. the strancest
occurred IN the Madras presidency, Indo,
i"a"' ;,,, SJ"iH ago. large party was ont shoot,
was, however, stlll Alc to fight and one of
Ihe hunters, having rashy venturcd too neor
was seIzed by the beast. His companions ,',1
iapsod iIp ana soon Dispatched the tigress and &c.
r,as % mcr Nl'tin. But Just as he rose to his
IrHI IheTe was q loud report, and he fell aga.n.
wiLh bullet through his chest. In rjsing be-
had struck with his foot and disrhnIyrJ Ire
own rlhr' which lay on the ground. Aftrr
iiomB nursing he recovered from the wound,
but 1t was narrow escape.
=, he cunning Of wild animals in conccoIi,,
Iht"lSeNoS IN moments of danger is vrli
NliT"h. NIiTD A party. spending week on the
smIr, s',rr, Mett watching eight or ten cronod3,.,
summing themselves on the surface Of -ugT
aRooh. 1t was determined to tran these IN, -,
't"TS' II possible The water was Lrrast Lrr,,
hcIHdIng about two feet or more of hr;,Ty
nud. -Four nets were tied together. So as r5
MAKE max one long enough to reach across tie IA,
T3oh' ana rms was weighted on the Lottr..,.
This net was drawn with long noIrs FROM
'ach shore and behind the net came line. Of
men YARD apart, prodding the mud with
'"Ic'j "n bu, IHG , scheme looked ike an admTIr"
me put ne crocodllcs slccpiIy divcd. and tIat
vas the last seen of them. The water ,,,s
lraggrd backward and forward, but thcy lad
'urT9Wcd so deeply in the mud that not one
qua b" found, and the hunters returned (o
h'Ir boat, laughing at their own dlscomGturc.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-16

mouth OF a cannon, Fritz concluded to make
the best OF his dangerous situation. and drew
MS sabre for sef-defense
10 ms surprise, he saw the Frenchmen
leave their batteries and turn like frightened
sneep' bGt he understood why they were
Pan'cstrleken pa; when he looked back and saw saw
hnrses hlS comrades p charging up the hill on their
n1rses' nc S' by this time he had gained contrnI
Of OF ms ms horse and, dismounting, he held ons
captured 'ue prize lie had
g. When the other cavalrymen came nm 10
oGnG had rn out Shat they did not know his horse sc
sona %u run broTy away, but thought it was all per-.
SFged the animal to make its mad "T race "e nto mao
G Did 'ES Erit@ % aeath to capture the battery
been forced upon him? well, moi ,i"'iIy Hc mo1 na9
smrGwd and sensible fellow, so he acccntcd T,i
nothing. ana SAID
halh lie was promoted to a captaincy, and oII
Rot etamSe medS OF tbnf nis runaway horse If Fritz had
have attempted it. "ou'u never
The Washington herald., 1911-07-16
CONTINUED rKOM rAGr rIyr

and and Of the tables as WE'LL" added. 'Wha
will we do now, Sam" VI"
N'lh h"d set lus gun in the corner and wa,
examining the tdSt"nngs OF the store room
,."Wcll try the store room if Gr,cious
Frank, he's coming now! In with yoni'
Fam actually tumbrd into Il" store room
anu sptahI IN INNS If, samnmng the door be.
hind MN. And not an instant too soon!
A. caught one glimpse of II tawnv form. in
through the doorway.
Perhaps that brute isn't the maddest one
you eyer heard OFF, clucklcd Sam. lie
SnomIdn stumble when he has the whole
As 1t thr animal understood the tauntinp
words, he threw himself at the ,!oscd door
ShaiIing IN rage; but, finding IT useless, he
ay gown close beside it-so near, that we
%uULu % l1"'h ms taMny fur through the cracks
roraI NIow'S your time to shoot him. whis.
Shoot him." and Sans face wore look
WIHh some one would kick me all the wny to
'II. anr io"Gr camp I've left that gun in the
'".IET !.IiET Itherc close to the panthcrs nose"
,,o,i, % nG wiling to be kicked a ways, if we
tonr,E "ElS'"' OF the camp" | SAID at.
ciatc. "''' u'u not apPre-
I'M, no regrets could change the fact thot
MIne we were near enough to stick a nin
r '"' N'NISe Jalef, lie was perfectly Sn fa
81 o"' Us, ana we were prisoners alikcEhr in
u the camp with the door securely bnrrnJ on
heavy logs ''o'e room Oh
Although we were safe from attack vo
were caught, like. rats in a trap. If thc rrn,,.
that "e u 'h''lk OF
1--WE have the provisions" | said ot I,.,
W mhei thr gray morning light was beginninp
10 snow Tn ough the cracks
es; but four days supplies must do us
OF rr zen d"lS', reminded Sam, gloomlly.
he animal grew more uneasy as Tho do,.
lght increased, and the way he tore aromnd
haI !tLI camp would have made our cook wild
II" crew will have plenty of work to dn
Nneh th'F get here instead of having the
amp IN ap'C-plC order to move into I re-.
MARKED as the shelves OF tinwarc cane cIat.
Too many cooks spoil the broth. We have
o1 much help, rcioincd sam, drvly.
whenever we moved or spoke the beast ,
you'd ,srrng against the door with su,L ,
oEcG that II tremblrd-stout as it was So
ie kept Iretty quiet ,
ne long day passed at last, and another
we could keep awake no longer So wo 4
'Saed some barrels against the door. spite
the ANIMALS protests lay down behind II
leih ana knew no more until another morn. :,
learned that night how it is that soldiers =
IN IN SI"ep upon the eve Of battle
hc!oir ilc sun was fairly up, we heard the h
'und OF ringing skates upon the ice; then a i
The Washington herald., 1911-07-16

1~1 ENERAL WOOD, of the English
Ia army army was was Che hero Of many adven,
lures, but the one he called tho
MI strGngest is the time he rode a u
~ rafe IN India, With a party of
, - friends, he was being entertained by
thG haJah OF ,lowra, who exhibited his rare
coIiecton OF wild animals to his guests Gem
erai (then AaJor) Wood was "a daring horse
man and on wager offered to ride a giraffe.
with no bride save rope. The RaiaI
warned him of the danger but he would not
hstch. 80 the giraffe was brought to a bal
Gony, from which the major vaultcd on its
pack; Instantly the great creature was off
hke the wind, and, once fairly started it set.
tied down INTO curious galop that soon
Htadc ma the rider 50 sick and dlzzl that he fell
on IKE log receiving blow on the head
from the animals knee and then in thc fncr
from ITS foot. He was unconscious for an
hour, and the first Use he made of his voice.
was TO resolve that he would never ride a
giraffe again
When the American bark Carrie WinsIow
put IN at Bucnos Ayres, Juan Baptistc, aged
Ten, was the inmate of an orphan asylm in
that city. Juan desired his liberty, but, un.
der the laws OF the Argentine Republic, that
could only be secured by the payment Of n
cash sum that would go to a fund for the
prosecution OF persons taking out the orr,hons
and then treating them badly In ,Juan's case
!Ilc amount required was fortysix dollars, and
IN oIdGr to secure this the cntrrprising bov
decided to put himself up in rattle ana sciI
the tickets himself. Captain Barratt of In"
PARK, GaTk, invested in five dollars worth of the
urcketSi and won the boy. He was puzzled at
first what to do with his prize, but finniiy in. in
stalled hm as cabin boy, and Juan is there
now quite contented with his new life.
when | was on the Zulu frontier" said
an American Traveller, II stopped for week
with a native, a splendid fellow, who had
lne iarm; Among other animals, he had
Young bull called IIulo, which he and his
children fondly believed could vanquish any
Oeast on earth. llulo was a great pct and
lot in the least vicious, so | was SURPRISED,
IN the second evening of my stay, to see IIulo
,,nling the air and paving the ground in evil
lent rage was about 10 ask what 1t meant.
yhen out of the forest came an ugly rmnoccr. ,
IS. My host and ! hurried for our guns, and
lulo dashed at the beast with daunticss com,
ge. A rush, crash, and the bull was hurled
wenty feet, Fortunately, the horn of his
ncmy had not caught him. and the first rush
lad taught him a lesson His horns were d
Ike sharp swords, but the hide of rhinoccros
! remarkably thick. and the young bull soon
The Washington herald., 1911-07-16
Neatly Trapped

iIIHP' Sam-hrlp has comet" | shortcd
''n9GhhE ,9 ana sobhlng, in breath
ne panther heard the noise. foo and an.
M'I'I 1t IN his own way; but ,vr L;d,,'t
n''' % n'h any longer help was at hand Wn
rr""IL,,,, "',imF' iIF' ana soon heard footsteps ap
I'"m ..iiS '!lnS thc camp
49, iirr'' hErc!' cried Sam, forgetting tbot
%",T T." TT"G t"H.d enter the camp. AN Indian
What and where are vouy" ons,vcrcd
IN the store IOom." rrplrI S,r, '''''"'
ana INC Indian devil told his Whereabouts
by a yell Of defiance ""''''oouts
ell q all things carthIy!" eiacuI,,od
tI;s hns;n'. "",' " mlnutc-lIl have hand in
We were quite willing that he shouId
We n'alI MN as he stopped at the LITTLE
W WW!n"oM ana looked IN at the snarlrng brute.
We kncN would come ""''"
EcHe was "crack shot" and the scrcocb
WHICH followed the report was final ONE
FNS minutes OF silence, save the thrrsh
ing ot the wounded animal then Iekr rnIi"I
out: '''N' '"'i'u
The varmt is as dead as door.nol
Youngsters. You may as well come out and
We did, but with much fear and trembling
less body ''''' '"' "'"''"h'
"Iiow die! you happen to come here Won
sad YOU were going to leave the camn, -
the door "' "P'"'u
,,.'S. "So | did; but it was to hunt for that
5pc1st' laughed Iekc, touching the tawmv
1RodHy R'Hy with his foot. 'WcIl, you see, SIM
l,S how an lndIan devil had d0rred him 'm,,
thiT run. Then the boss got a httlr uncasy1
amt when ! asked HIM to let me como m
ana see what you was doing. he SAID 'GoE
ana her" be. ! reckon didn't come rnnc
100 soon, ch; concluded Xcke
NO, YOU didn't, | said '\Vn ,,or,, ,,,,
ocd completely" "''' '''i'
u, Lucky YOU was" he replied. sjpniG,,rtI,
SKIN the PANTHER as quick AZ Won cam an,i
ark Ils hide on the side of the camr, i's
We did it, and had that skin for r.oov
ears |" lrmlnd us of our Imprisonment
NoW NY around commanded ZrLr L,,L
J. Drink cup OF thio hot tea and ~ n
MO work. The crew will bc along toniTht "
IttI' earlier than they expected, own, ,n
ne scarcity OF lumber down river. W, Tust
Iear up the litter that your visitor has
We never told Ickc that we had tbougbt
I'M AFRAID Ci hls own shadow
II" was hero in our opinions from that
our, notWlt thStandmg the fact that the sav.
ST e., animal couldn't possibly get at him.
ms crew were glad enough that the brute
'S S 4'Sp"S' . OF. while Mr.. Pratt scoldcd and
,,h4u ana blamed lis in breath. quite for
,'umR iH'i we ran into the danger while
Iey1ng his ORDERS "''''e
Always give those fellows a wide brrtl "
> Sald. Hunt hears, wolves or catamonnts
IT IGav" Indian devils alone"
ANA we were quite willing to do so
The Washington herald., 1911-07-16
A Brief Epitaph

Some writers have laJorcd to ,lcscrihc ON
the tomba of deceased friends their many
virtues IN many words. rnc following chi
aph upon monument to the memory Of
CHRISTINE Boyer, the wife of Llcian Buona,
parte' Napolron's brother. says much, but in
few words:-
Lroach."
The Washington herald., 1911-07-16
Promoted By His Horse

I'M OkING the Franco -Prussian War the
horse OF Prussian cavalryman in.
voluntarily did an act which led to
III The capture of a French battery.
- and' Just as often happens in life
,,h0ro the credit for it was bestowed else
One day during hot conflict, the troop
o. o. cavalry n>which Fritz, whom we will cail
t tne s9ider IN question, rode came to the
lo2 OF hill On the crest of another hill,
%,IantoG %tn across a deep ravine, the French had
al suddenly Fritz's horse reared and jumped,
ana started started down the hill toward the ravine
on on a swift run, Fritz tried to check the
ttnEghtensd fright animal, but found that it had Iapi
taken taken the bit in its teeth and was wholly
uhmanageabie. ,ll Down the hill, across the ra.
E mne' anu up the hill on the opposite side,
1'f ibn noTSe re- went at wild gallop.
Snd shell, aud Fritz realized that a Tnawsv run TYUS
Tbn TIp[se was exposing him to terrible danger.
rIS,,J nno cannon 1 doomed ami the shrieking shells
- 1a''u ~ hr' head, but, by some strange
iAtS, neltscr ne nor his horse was harmed.
AS 'hc hcrS' d%'hed UP the hill to the very
The Washington herald., 1911-07-16
Stories From Distant Lands

ENERAL WOOD, of the English
army, was the hero of many adycn.
lures, but the one he called the
strangest is the time he rode a pi-
ratfe in India. With a party of
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-01-06
Southwest Bennington.

Mr. and Mrs Reuben Hutchings OF
Perry, spent New Years with her sis
ter, Mrs Byron Hickey-Mr j b
Lewis was the guest Of his brother,
Isaac, this week Mrs Charles Hewitt
and father, Milo Powers were guests OF
her son Guy Hewitt, Sunday-Mrs
Helen Jobes spent Wednesday and
Thursday with her aunt, Mrs Jane
Bugbee, and other relatives in Morrice
john Searfass of Eaton Rapids,
was the guest of his brotheriplaw, L
Jobes over Sunday--Herbie Wright
and family. who have been spending
the holidays with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs l. B Wright. returned to their
home in Detroit Thursday-Mr and
Mrs Harrison Bugbee entertained the
following relatives at dinner Monday.
Mr. and Mrs Slater Vert of Lainsgburg,
Mr. and Mrs L B Wright and children
of Pittsburg, and Mr. and Mrs Herbie
Wright and children of Detroit-Jen.
ME, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs
b G Williams, is critically i'll with
pneumonia-Mr and Mrs Palmer
entertained their daughter and family
of Lansing during the holidays.