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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-16

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-19
FINED FOR CRIME
 COMMITTED IN 1892

Chatom, March 1S.-(Special )-The reg
 ular session of circuit court adjourned
 yesterday after a very busy and 'effec-
 tive session. There were 25 civil cases
 out of docket of 40 finally disposed
 of several of which were hotly contested
 by the litigants.
 Jim Simpson, a member of the mob
 which lynched Chris Chambliss at the
 Red Creek bridge in 1892, and who has since been fugitive from justice, plead ed guilty to manslaughter in the second degree and received a fine of $100 and a
 sentence of one day in jail. Early Tuesday morning the residence
 and store rooms of Ben Baxter about a mile east of town, were destroyed by fire of unknown origin. A part of the household effects were saved, but the contents of the store room were a total loss. The estimated value of tn, The woods north of Chatom are burn ing. There have been no fires in these
 woods for more than 12 years. and tho l smoke hovers over the country in grea' clouds. Property loss from the fire vii probably be heavy.
 William Smith, locally known as Whis | pering Bill Smith of Fairford, Is report ed to be very low and not expected ie | live.
 1 MT Smith is a well-to-do and popular | farmer of that section. He has reached
 the ripe age of over 80 years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-19
Subordinate Shot Officers

Berlin, March IA tele- gram which has made a most painful impression here is published by the colonial office. The deputy governor of the German Cameroons reports from Buea, the administrative capital of the colony that a subordinate official named Kerner, 26 years old, and 18 months in the colony, shot dead Dis trict Inspector Biernatzky and gov ernment clerk named Gniess. Kerner then turned his weapon on two other clerks, wounding them slightly, and fi- nally killed himself. The official re port states that Kerner committed the deed in a fit of insanity, and that the two murdered officials were men who had been a long time in the colony, and whose services were highly es- teemed. It is not known whether this outbreak of insanity is identical with tropical frenzy" 8 disease which fre- ouently attcks German officials in the warm climates with disastrous results It is feared here that the effect of Kerner's act on the natives of the col ony will be to lessen theis respect for white officials, and that the unrest which has recently characterized them especially on the frontiers. will be in creased.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-19
GADSDEN GRAND
 JURY ADJ0URNS
Effort Made to Postpone the Trial of Claude Clancy.
 Schuler Sells Lots

Gadsden, March l.)-The grand jury in it's report before adjourn
 ment today states that S1 true bills have been returned. This in an excep- tionally small number. so small in fact that it has caused general comment. Usually there are several times this number of indictments found. The jury, however, does not consider its 1abors finished and expects to be called again
 as soon as the present term of the
 criminal court Is ended.
 It is understood that a strong ef- fort will be made to have the trial of Claude Chaney, the blind tiger oper-
 ator whom the governor pardoned from the county chain gang and who, with in a few days, committed murder, post poned until another term of court The case is set down for hearing or Tues day and popular sentiment Is in favor of a speedy trial. The witnesses, or whom there are goodly number, have been subpoenaed and everything is n readiness but the lawyers will undouht- edly make an effort to have the case go over in the hope that their client will gain by the delay.
 F. T. Schuler of the Alabama City,
 Gadsden and Attalla railway, has an nounced the sale of two pieces of real estate made within the last few days. One was the sale of the Schuler cot tage on the top of Lookout mountain, and the other was the sale of lot adjoining the plant of the Southern Manufacturing company. The consid- eration for each parcel was $5000. w. E. Turnipseed of the Etowah county high school has announced that he will conduct a summer school this year for the benefit of those who want to prepare for teaching. The term will open on June 5.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-19
Bradstreet's s Report

New York; March 17.-Bradstreet's to- morrow will say:
 Distributive trade Is still quiet, more 50 perhaps than In recently preceding weeks, because many visiting buyers have re- turned home to await the first indica- tions of the trend of spring retail distri- button. The latter branch of trade has been in turn checked by a sharp. cool snap which has overspread a large area of the west and north, and which, while rot sufficient to stimulate demand for left over winter goods. has nevertheless operated to retard business for spring wear
 Of the leading lines of wearing apparel perhaps most activity, largely at whole sale, has been in millinery, in which the toSe Is really optimistic. Staple dry goods have sold fairly well but price or tariff uncertainties are a check to free buying. There is feeling in the wholesale cotton goods trade, however, that the line of re- sistance to lower prices has now been reached and this is fortified by the clos ing down or curtailment of operations by mills north and south.
 Collections are irregular. ranging froia fair to slow.
 In the industries the features are a rather less eager movement to buy iron 'ioeSeA larger capacity employed in furnaces and mills than for many months past. Buying continues conservative, the rail- ways are purchasing in a cautious way and the higher prices demanded for pig iron have apparently superinduced some thing of a lull in that market. At tho same time export trade in steel products promises to continue of goodly propor- tions. Building trade preparations are not uniform at all centers and decreases about offset increases as compared with . year ago, with marked dullness noted at the metropolis. Building material still lag at markets where past activity has been noted at this season.
 Business failures in the United State. for the week ending March IS were 251, against 2S0 last week, POS in 1910. PA in 1909, 303 in 1908 and 157 In 1907.
 Business failures in Canada for the week number 27. against 40 last week and 25 in 1q10
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-19
PREVENT ASIATICS
 FROM OWNING LAND

Sacramento, Cal, March 18.-The judi ciary committee of the senate has recom- mended the passage of a bill designed to prevent Asiatics from acquiring land in California. The committee took four bills of this character proposed by members and grouped them into one.
 The measure recommended provides that no alien who is not eligible to citizen ship and no corporation in which such aliens own a majority of the stock shall hereafter acquire land iii the state.
 Land now owned by Asiatics will not be affected so long as 1t remains in posses sion of the preesnt owners.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-19

l Ing false Russian bills, were recently ar rested at Warsaw. After their arrest the Russian police were convinced that the bills in the possession of the prisoners, and which represented a value of more | than S100, ,000. had been manufactured at I Nice. The Nice police were, therefore, asked by the Russian authorities to
 make an inquiry.
 It was established that Russian and i his wife arrived at Nice in January of
 last year, and rented villa on the
 Promenade des Anglais. There they re-
 mained until the middle of September
 when they left for Russia. They were
 arrested there a short time afterwards. | The spurious Russian bills were manu-
 factured in the underground rooms of
 the villa. When the Russians left Nice | they did not want to take their plant
 with them; nor did they desire to leave
 it in the villa. They therefore. packed
 it in seven large boxes which they con fided to an international transport agent
 with instructions to keep them in his depot until further orders. The Russian police know that the bank note making plant had been left at Nice. A detective I officer called at the depot and seized the seven boxes. which were handed to the Russian consulate. They will probably l be expedited to Warsaw
 A few weeks ago three locomotives, belonging to the West-State railway,
 were seized by sheriff in satisfaction of a judgment of $65 awarded to a young woman whose trunk had been lost owing to the negligence of the rail- road employees.
 The sheriff proposed to sell the three engines, but the administration of the West-State appealed against the seizure on the ground that it had been effected not in the commune of Lison but in that | of Moon-sur-Elle.
 | The magistrate, who had to decide the point, found great difficulty in do- | ing so, for the limits of the two com munes were i'll defined, in fact, they are separated by a little stream called
 the Rieu, and in constructing the sta ! tion of Moon-sur-Elle the railroad Is said l to have diverted the brook.
 l The inhabitants of the district were summoned to give evidence, and the
 magistrate paid visit to the spot; then he announced that he would re-
 serve his decision, but that at the same
 time he ordered that the sale of the three Locomotives should be suspended. At
 this juncture 1t was announced that tho
 missing trunk, cause of all the bother.
 hand been found at Bayeaux station.
 It is way they have in France.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-19
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA
 LAYS NEW TRACKS

Phenix City, March 1S.-(Special.)- Central of Georgia Railway company Is substantially enlarging it's sidetrack fa- cilities in Phenix City The improvement here is in line with the companys gen. eral work all along the route between this point and Birmingham. Nearly half mile of track will be laid here
 The Phenix City school board has re- elected Mrs. w. E. Berry, Miss Lucille Watkins, Miss Willie B. Moore, Miss Heard and Miss Julia Fuller as teachers. Several places are yet to be filled. Prof. H. G. Vandiver. the principal. is not an applicant for reelection.
 Quite an interesting debate was held at the public school building on South Railroad street, the question being, Re solved, That Women Should Have Equal Rights With Men" The negative side. championed by the Rev. O. c. Dobbs, won. and thus another promising cause has re- ceived serious setback
 The Busy Mems class of the Methodist Sunday school entertained their friends at Epworth League hall. There was A pleas- ing programme, a feature being an ad- dress by T. Hicks Fort of Columbus.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-19
IRON AND STEEL
 LEAD THE TRADES Dun and Bradstreet's Week.
 ly Report IMPROVEMENT IS SLOW Shoe Trade Improvement Continues. Dry Goods Conservative-Whole
 Trade Is Irregular and
 Somewhat Slow
IMPROVEMENT IS SLOW

| New York, March 17.-R. G. Dun X Co., s weekly review of trade tomorrow will say; | Recent improvement in trade conditions is very slow, irregular and conservative, and Is chiefly in evidence in iron and steel, in which there is a larger demand | for structural material; a more cheerful sentiment as regards pig iron and better mill conditions in finished materials The volume of transactions as measured by the usual statistical tests is somewhat under that of last year, but it is generally larger than in the preceding quarter, while business sentiment is helped by the hopeful outlook for the crops.
 Encouraging reports predominate in iron and steel notwithstanding that buying of finished materials is on a slightly reduced scale. New bookings are scarcely up to the mark established in February, but the mills are more actively engaged than at any time since last fall. and it is evil dent that business during the current month will make a very satisfactory showing. From present indications it seems likely that some good sized rail contracts will be received from Canadian
  of the mills in that country, inquiries for 25,000 tons from one system alone be- ing noted in domestic markets. Structural steel Is in greater demand, although the transporting companies are not buying on a particularly active scale, while construc- ton work on a new battleship will require between coco and 1000 tons of hull plates.
 Very conservative trading Is reported in the primary and secondary dry goods market. yet some mills are busy while others, notably cotton mills, are being forced to curtail production In a large way. silks, woolens and worsteds, linens and some other special lines show busi- ness enough to offset the depression mani fested in cotton circles.
 The improvement in the shoe trade ther good sized orders have been placed by jobbers who were previously holding out the market in the hope of securing concessions. The tone of prices now is steady to firm. There is little if any i'm provement in the demand for leather. and sole leather is especially quiet owing to buyers having previously stocked up so heavily in advance of their needs on this variety. The hide markets are generally quiet, but prices are we'll maintained on dull, but the stocks of these are so well sold up for this season of the year that the prices are easily maintained.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-19
NEGRO FIRED INTO
 CHURCH MEETING Injured No One But Was Overtaken and Fatal
 ly Wounded

Huntsville, March 1S.-tSpecial.) .)-Harry Rice, a negro porter of Huntsville. was probably fatally shot by unknown parties near the Alabama Nursery Thursday night, and three Eldridge brothers, col ored. are in jail on suspicion. Rice has been placed in the Jail hospital, where if is expected he will die. It is claimed thai Rice fired several shots into the crowd at religious meeting of negroes and then started walking toward the city He was overtaken by two or three men driving in a buggy and they opened fire on him, shooting him several times through the body.
 The eradication of the cattle tick in Madison county is progressing in a most satisfactory way and great progress has been made during the last few weeks, according to Dr. J. P. Bushong, the gov ernment expert in charge of operations here The offer of the county commis- sioners to fill all dipping tanks has stim- ulated interest in this feature of the work and from 9 to 90 new tanks are being made in Madison county. with from 15 to 20 more in prospect. A large num- Der of dipping tanks in the county makes the work of getting rid of the tick ex- ceedingiy simple.
 E. Kenneth Little of Hickory, N. C., and Miss Lula Peeden of this city were married Thursday night in West Hunts vile.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-19
Robbers Attack English People

Grosny, Caucasus, March 18.-(Special) Three armed robbers attacked the house of Mr. MacGarvey, the Anglo-Turk oil fields manager, and his assistant, MT. Talbot Barnard, when MT. and Mrs. MacGarvey and Mr. Barnard were at supper. The robbers set upon and mur- dered boy who attempted to reach the telephone and give the alarm. They next wounded a watchman mortally, rushed into the house and attacked MT. Mac Garvey and his wife and MT. Barnard with Caucasian knives and clubs. The two men, though unarmed. heroically at- tempted to shield Mrs. MacGarvey. MT. MacGarvey was butchered with knives and clubs in the dining room. MT. Bar nard, though wounded carried the wife of his friend across the yard of the house. but was overtaken and murdered, falling dead at the lady's feet. Mrs. MacGar- vey was stunned and otherwise injured. The murderers then stabbed and sefi- ously wounded the cook, seized $oO0 m cash that was in the house and ned: The military and police took prompt ana energetic measures. and several Cossacks are still securing the country Tor the as sa ssins. Mrs MacGarvey Is now stated to be out of danger. MT. Barnard. who had lived much in the overseas domin- ions. notably in vancouver, was. only s2 wears of age He leaves widow and little child.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-19

Detectives are at present Investigating strange case of spurious note making at Nice. The principals of band of coin CTS who had installed factory for mak-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-19
MUCH PO[|T|CS|N FRENCH EDUCATION Chamber Has Big Problem
 to Cope With SHOULD AIRMEN WE'D? Question Is Being Seriously. Dis- cussed by Aviators of France.
 Detectives Investigating
 Counterfeiting

Paris, Harch 1S.-(Special.)- 1.-The French educational problem, judging from the time given to 1t in the chamber, appar- ently occupies the legislators minds more than anything else. The state has now an army of school masters and school mistresses of 10000 strong and their mis- sion has been not only to teach the young idea how to shoot, but to serve as po- litica1 agents in every commune. But the teaching body feeling gradually It's in- fluence and its power is beginning to rebel against the political role 1t is made to play.
 There is very strong objection to school appointments being made by the projects, whose tyranny is quite as great now as 1t was under the empire. An out burst of protestation took place in the chamber of deputies the other day on the subject and the minister of public instruction thought 1t prudent to give way. The motion that appointments should be made by the university author ities instead of by the prefects was car ried by an overwhelming majority.
 Meanwhile the school war is reopened with extra bitterness. Marked approba- ton Is given to the development of mixed schools, notwithstanding the ministerial circular of five years ago blaming the practice of boys and girls being togeth- CT during school hours. Finally by 369 to 169 it was resolved that the state school teachers should continue to use the textbooks condemned by the bish- ops. All this promises well for the ap- preaching discussion of the new school bills.
 Gustave Tery and Urbain Confer issue once a week small sheet with red covers called PAeuvre It is smartly
 written and brides itself on sensational revelations"
 It attacks public men with the utmost violence, M. Fallieres and M Briand being it's fsvorite victims. But it want ed something new and the production | of Apes Moi' at the Comedie Francaise was a godsend. Fr. M. Henry Bern
 stein, the author, had some years age written letter to M Urbain Gohier tc say that he had deserted his regiment and was proud of it. Why did he write
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-19
BIG IMPROVEMENTS
 IN CEMENT PLANT

Ashville, March 1S.-(Special. .)-Tbe Atlantic and Gulf Portland Cement company of Ragland is making some vast Improvements. They are going to build several new buildings. The present output is 1000 barrels per day. but by fall it will be 25O0 barrels.
 A stone storage room with capacity of about 150,0OO barrels will be in use about April l. Some heavy grinding machinery will arrive in few days.
 The Cement company is to bu,ld a large fire-proof bag house, and a two- story concrete laboratory. It is ex- pected that they will build several houses for their employees. The cot tages will be furnished with electric lights and running water.
 St. Clair county has five weeklies now, at Ashville, Ragland, Springville, Pell City and Odenville.
 Miss Irene Crow, the noted elocution- ist, gave recital at the courthouse Friday night, the proceeds of which went to the Baptist church. She was greeted by a large audience James P. Montgomery is erecting a sawmill on the south side of town.
 The jury term of the circuit court will open on next Monday. The Ashville baseball team will be we'll equipped with uniforms during the coming season. The baseball fans are beginning to realize that the ball sea- son Is here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-19
ALBERTVILLE HAS
 LET LIGHT CONTRACT

Albertville, March 1S.-(Special)- The city council has let the contract for the electric lights to the J. B. Me- Crary company of Atlanta, the same that built the water works. The engine There will be more than six miles of wiring in all
 Rev. pr. Means of this place has been invited by Presiding Elder Tyler of the Gadsden district to deliver an ad- dress on Methodism to the Gadsden dis trict conference on March 31.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-19
KEEPER OF TEDDY'S
 ESTATE IS DEAD

Oyster Bay, N. Y., March 1S.-Noah Seaman. superintendent of the Saga more Hill estate and for 20 years the close friend of his employer, Theodore Roosevelt. died late last night. Sea- man, who was 53 years old, was strick- en with paralysis tive weekSx ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-19
MUSIC FREE

Monday and Tuesday every lady calling at the Whitaker Piano Company's place will be given ten pieces of music free. See page advertisement.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-19
IN MEMORY
Of Earnest Nelson, Age 82, Died in
 Cincinnati, o.

He is gone, but not forgotten. Never shall his memory fade; Sweetest thoughts shall ever finger Round the grave where he Is laid. The depths of our sorrows we cannot
 tell
 At the loss of one we loved so well, And while he lies in peaceful sleep Ills memory shall always keep.
 From Your Loving Wife.