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DYNAMITE WAS USED
By Strikers in Alabama and Over
300 Shots Exchanged.
STATE MILITIA VOLUNTEERED
Governor Comer Declare* That No Fed
eral Troops Will Be Needed to
Handle the Situation.
Birmingham, Ala. —Lewisburg, nine
miles north of Birmingham, was the
scene of some exciting shooting short
ly after midnight Wednesday. The
mines are surrounded by a stockade,
and a group of strikers approaching
this threw a heavy charge of dyna
mite against it, which aroused the
whole camp. The men then ran to a
ridge nearly a mile from the stock
ade and opened fire with ritles. No
less than 300 shots Were tired into the
stockade, and the twenty or more dep
uties around thfe mines returned the
fire with vigor, but no one was in
jured on either side.
Governor B. B. Comer has issued
his first extended statement on the
strike situation, stating that it was
very serious; tnat the talk of asking
for federal troops was nonsense, and
a reflection on the Albania national
guard, and adding that it might be
come necessary for him to order the
dispersing of all assemblies, and re
sorting to other drastic measures to
stop the violence which, it is claim
ed, is now all too frequent.
Chattanooga, Tenn. A call was
made for volunteers from the Alabama
militia for service in the strike zone.
The entire first regiment, without hes
itation, offered their servicese. It now
seems probable that the entire force
will get a chance to do duty there; at
least this seems to be the opinion of
officers and men of the regiments en
camped at Chickamauga.
A number of mimic engagements
have taken place among the Alabama
troops at Camp Taft. There were
three separate engagements, in each
of which one battalion of the regi
ment was placed on the defense, and
the other two battalions assumed the
offensive. The purpose of the maneu-,
vers was primarily to teach the men
caution.
SENATOR ALLISON IS DEAD.
Was Member of the United States
Senate for 36 Years.
Dubuque, lowa. —United States W.
B. Allison died at his home in this
city Tuesday. The immediate cause
of his death was heart failure. The
end came as a result of a serioim
sinking spell due to a prostatic en
largement, complicated with kidney
disease, and during a period of un
consciousness which had lasted since
Saturday afternoon.
Washington, I). C. —To Senator Al
lison, more especially than to any oth
er man who ever occupied a seat in
that body belongs the title of “Father
of the Senate.” He was not only one
of the oldest men In that body, but he
held the record beyond all others for
length or service there. More import
ant still, his service in the senate
was such that his title to the posi
tion depended not at all upon his ad
vanced age or extended service. Sena
tor Allison was, at the time of his
death, and had been for a third of a
century, a leader in fact as well as In
name.
Mr. Allison entered the senate on
March 4, 1873, and had served con
tinuously ever since, making the long
est service as a member of that body
ever covered by any individual. When
he died he had just completed the
fifth month of the thirty-sixth year of
his occupancy of this important post.
His present term would have expired
March 4, 1909, but he had already
been nominated by primary for still
another term. Thus, if death had not
Interfered, his service in the senate
was assured until March 15, 1915.
QUARRELED OVER CIGARETTE.
Boy Kills His Father When He Was
Chastised for Smoking.
Raleigh. N\ C.—Thomas Riddle, a
young white man, shot aud instantly
killed his father. James A. Riddle, at
Cotton, a cotton mill town, seven miles
south of Fayetteville, late Sunday
evening.
Young Riddle approached his father,
In the presence of others, smoking a
cigarette,when the elder remonstrated
with him. bringing on a quarrel.
The father attempted to strike him
with a board when the young man
drew a revolver and fired four shots
into his father’s body, the first causing
instant death.
Thomas Riddle immediately surren
dered to the police.
Noiseless and Smokeless Battleships.
Washington. D. C. —"War vessels of
the future will be swift, smokeless,
noiseless craft, lying low in the water,
with every vulnerable spot below the
water line, the entire deck being giv
en over to the work of guns. There
will be no smoke, because there will
be no smokestacks. In the night
time there will be nothing to betray
the presence of this iuviucible fighting
demon to the enemy.”
This prediction is made by Robert
Hey wood Fernald. mechanical engi
neer, who has for several years been
connected with the investigations ot
the United States geological survey.
CANNOT USE THE MAILS.
Letter* Soliciting Liquor Order* Are Il
legal in Georgia.
Atlanta, Ga. —That Uncle Sam can
not be used as an agent In the solici
tation of orders for liquor to be ship
ped to Georgia was decided by the
court of appeals in a decision hand
ed down in the cast of R. M. Rose vs.
the State of Georgia.
This decision is one of the most in
teresting and far-reaching since the
adoption of the prohibition law, and
its interpretation by the supreme
court.
The prohibition law prohibits the
sale of liquors in Georgia, or the
soliciting or taking of orders for the
sale of liquors in this state. The court
of appeals now holds that solicitation
may be mad,e by letter, and that wheu
such a letter from a seller in another
state is received and opened by a citi
zen of Georgia it is as much solicita
tion as though the writer of the let
ter had appeared in person.
The law governing unmailable mat
ter, passed by congress, prohibits the
shipment of intoxicating liquors
through the mails. Hereafter in Geor
gia, under this decision, no solicita
tion by letter looking to the sale of
liquor in Georgia may be sent through
the mails in this state. The crime of
sending such a letter is committed at
the point where the letter is received,
and takes effect.
The decision rendered says; “The
state may punish for a crime com
mitted through the malls as a medium
without in any sense infringing the
undoubted right of the national gov
ernment to control the mail. Freedom
to use the mails does not extend to
their use as a means of committing
crime.” The solicitation of orders for
liquor is a crime in Georgia. There
fore, such solicitations sent through
the mail, even though they be mailed
outside of the state, become a crime
when the letters are received within
this state. As to whether or not this
is a violation of intersttae commerce.
Judge Russell in this decision declares
“the. exercise of such state regulation,
so far from being in conflict with the
power of congress to regulate inter
state commerce, is expressly allowed
by law.”
BARS “SHEATH” GOWNS.
Lloyd’s Refuses to Insure Popularity
of the Dress.
New York City. Evidently the
British business man, as typified by
the members of the London Lloyd's
does not believe that "sheath” gowns
are destined to become popular in
the United States. At any rate, the
members of the famous insurance
company refused to issue a policy for
SIO,OOO on a consignment of “sheath”
gowns recently imported from Paris
by a local department store.
The up-town merchants, feeling
somewhat sceptical as to just how
well the latest Parisian costumes
would take with New York women,
asked an insurance broker to obtain
a policy insuring the sale of the
gowns—in other words, to insure the
popularity of the “sheath” gown.
The Britisher, knowing that the
London Lloyd’s were willing to write
a policy on anything from a presiden
tial election to the safeguarding of
an automobile race course, or the
fluctuations of the stock market, very
promptly applied for a policy on the
“sheath” gowms. To his surprise,
however, he was, to use his own
words, “turned down cold.” He ap
plied to several other companies with
the same result.
NEWVARIETY OF WHEAT.
Declared It Can Be Made to Yield
280 Bushels an Acre.
Spokane, Wash.—The discovery of
anew variety of wheat on the Hog
eye ranch, owned by W. W. Ward,
seven miles from Dayton, \\ ash.,
south of Spokane, which, it is claimed
if cultivated, will yield two hundred
and eighty bushels an aere, has
aroused intense interest among farm
ers of that section, and plantologists
are 'working on its classification,
states a recent report. An interest
ing feature fit the species is the head,
which really consists of seven dis
tinct heads, united at a common base.
Growers in eastern Washington be
lieve that if the cereal is found adapt
ed to cultivation, wheat can be made
to yield seven times as much as or
dinary wheat. John Brining has also
found' some of the wheat growing on
his ranch.
NO BETTING ON ELECTION.
It is Eliminated from the Curb Mar*
ket in New York.
New York City.—There will be no
election betting on the curb market
in the financial district this year, as
hns been the case in recent years.
The curb provided a center, where,
in some elections, as high as $2,000,-
000 and $3,000,000 was laid for prin
cipals bv the curb brokers, but, on
account of the new betting laws, bro
kers said that there would be no
open betting this year.
KING’S EVE ON OUR GIRLS.
Servian Ruler Want, to Marry Hi.
Sons to American Heiresses.
Vienna, —A Viennese newspaper
says: Reports received from Russian
sources say that King Peter of Servia
intends to marry his two sons to
American women of great wealth. Em
peror Nicholas of Russia is said to be
agreeable to such unions, and even
has promised to be the godfather of
the first son born to either of the
princes and General Arthus Tschep-
Spiridovich, president of the Slavonic
league, at Moscow, has started for
! New Y"ork to look around for heires
i ses in America.
BIG TOWNJESTROYED
Fernie, British Columbia, is Laid
Waste By Bush Fires.
ONE HUNDRED LIVES LOST
Over a Hundred Square Miles a Seeth
ing Mass of Flame—Greatest Con
flagration in Canada’s History.
RESULT OF CANADA FIRES.
At least a hundred lives lost;
list growing.
Seven towns Fernie, Michel,
Coal Creek, Hosmar, Elko, Frank
and Morrlsey—destroyed and sev
eral other towns partially de
stroyed.
Five hundred thousand tons of
coal and coke burned at Fernie.
Six thousand homeless people
threatened by fire and starva
tion.
One hundred square miles en
veloped by red peril.
Ferenie, B. C., Canada. —Asa re
sult of bush fires that started Sun
day, Fernie, B. C., is wiped off the
map; Michel, fourteen miles distant,
is in flames, and Hosmer, Olsen and
Sparwood, intervening townsfl were
damaged.
More than 100 lives were lost, 74 of
them in Fernie. A territory 100
square miles in extent was a seething
mass. of flames. Through it were
scattered hundreds of lumbermen and
prospectors, so that the actual loss
of life will not be known for days.
Much property of the Canadian Pa
cific and the Great Northern rail
roads was destroyed, including bridg
es and rolling stock burned, so that
it was impossible to enter or leave
the burned and burning area. Inhab
itants of the affected town fled to
the open county to seek safety. The
railway camps placed all available
trains at the disposal of refugees. The
whole of the Crow’s Nest Pass coun
trj was abandoned to the flames.
The flames were driven by a gale,
making it impossible to put up
a fight against their advance. The
conflagration is the greatest which
has ever visited Canada.
There were thousands of mine3 and
prospectors’ claims in the track of the
fire.
Fire-fighting apparatus was of no
avail, for the air was filled with frag
ments of burning wood, and sheets of
flames seemed to leap ahead of the
conflagration as if the air itself were
in flames. The heat was intense, and
many of the fire-fighters went down
ahead of it.
Ottawa, Ontario. —Sir Wilfred Lau
rier received the following telegram
from Cranbrook, B. C.:
"Disastrous fire Kootenay Valley.
Fernie, Hosmer, Crow’s Nest and oth
er places almost completely burned.
Not less than 5,000 people homeless.
Canadian Pacific railway carrying
•hem to Elko and Cranbrook. Every
effort is being made locally, but these
are utterly without food or shelter.
Fire oovers 70 miles. Seventy lives
lost. Immediate relief required. Tele
graph instructions at once.
“THOMAS ROBERTS,
“Liberal Association.
“J. K. KING, M. P.”
Fernie, B. C., is a thriving town of
over 10,000 inhabitants in the heart
of the Canadian Rockies. It is the
center of great industrial activity,
and the mines of the Crow’s Nest
Pass Coal Company, one of the larg
est companies of its kind in the world,
are located here. Since this town was
founded in 1898, it has been totally
destroyed four times by bush fires,
but has been rebuilt after each con
flagration better than before.
Man Threatens to Commit Suicide.
Chicago, 111.—A man whose name
is suppressed has advertised in the
Chicago papers for a loan of SSOO, to
be paid back in weekly installments
of $5. The loan is the only thing that
can save him from suicide, the adver
tisement says, and investigation
shows him to be a father of eight
children. He was a collector and
took money from his employers. Un
less he can repay, he says, he can not
tell of the shortage, but must die.
Has Proxy Candidate.
New York City.—M. R Preston.who
is serving a term in Nevada for mur
der, has notified the Socialist Labor
Party leaders in this city that he will
not permit his name to he used as a
candidate for president. This party
recently nominated Preston at its na
tional convention. Anew name was
placed on the ticket, which reads:
For president, August Gilhaus, engin
eer, New York, as proxy for Preston.”
Smugglers are Busy.
El Paso, Texas. —High immigration
officials along the Texas border claim
to know positively that an organized
smuggling scheme is in existence, for
in the last month carloads of smftg
gled Chinese have been caught at
Alma Gordo, New Mexico, and San
derson, Baird and Toyah, Texas, be
sides numerous small bunches entered
here or near here. The officials be
lieve certain trainmen and govern
ment officers are concerned. It is
asserted that by hiring lawyers and
delaying cases in the courts even for
feiting the bonds of Chinamen arrived
the smugglers’ organization is almost
blocking the work of the government
even after arrests are made.
lATE NEWS NOTES.
General.
Owing to the breaking of the prin
cipal water main in the city, Lisbon,
Portugal, is threatened with a water
famine. The authorities instructed the
populace to fill .all vessels possible
betore the reservoir became exhaust
ed.
Fried rattlesnake was the principal
dish at a dinner eaten at a hotel at
Newton, N. J., and the eight diners
pronounced it sweeter than the meat
of an eel.
Rc-b Roy, an Irish setter owned by
Miss Mabel Olmstead, died at Spring
Lake, N. J., was embalmed and taken
in a sealed casket to the dog ceme
tery at Morristown.
Instructions have been forwarded
to the Brazilian legation at London
to declare again that not one of the
three battleships of the Dreadnaught
type now being constructed for Bra
zil in England i3 for sale.
After robbing William Koeman, a
wealthy wholesale fruit merchant of
St. Johns, of $27,000, gentlemanly
sneak thie res dropped the pocketbook
in a letter box and the money was re
turned next morning to the owner toy
Assistant Postmaster Hammel.
Rex Beach, author, is threatened
with the loss of hi3 sight in both
eyes. He went bear hunting in the
Copper river region near Seattle and
failed to protect his eyes from the
sun glare. A film has grown over
both eyes and experts say he may not
recover his sight.
Dr. Andrew' Burden Cropsey, who
shot and killed his wife, Gertrude, at
their home in Bath Beach, N. Y„ re
cently, died in jail in Brooklyn. Dr.
Kessler, the prison physician, says
heart disease killed him. A physical
wreck, his heart broken by a full re
alization of his terrible crime, he had
been on the point of collapse for sev
eral days.
The Takarado Oil company con
tinues its process of absorbing all its
rivals. Some time ago news was pub
lished that it had puchased the Nam
boku and Fuji companies for a sum
of 650,000 yen and rumors say that
it has now' effected the purchase of
the Bokuyetsu company for 260,000
yen, of the Yamato for 100,000 yen
and of the Minku for 75,000 yen.
A feeling of less apprehension
seems to be growing in Japan with
regard to the ultimate action of the
fiv e American railway companies
which threatened to raise their fares
on goods carried eastward from the
Pacific coast. A combined protest
having been made by several Japan
ese steamship companies, it is
thought probable that the directors of
the five railways will reconsider their
decision.
Robbers secured about $15,000
worth of jewelry, diamonds and gold
by blowing open with dynamite the
safe of Thomas B. Dunn & Cos. in
Chambers street, New York City.
The stable of Chambers & Cos., a
negro pool room and two houses were
burned at Lawrenceville, Tenn. Thir
teen horses and four mules lost their
lives. Loss $6,000, insurance $1,600.
Standing on a box at a window of
the county jail at Cripple Creek, Col.,
Miss Alice Hodson, daughter of
United States Marshal Hodson, was
married to Professor Hans Albert, a
prisoner at the jail. The couple
clasped hands through a barred win
dow as the pastor made them hus
band and wife. Miss Hodson and Al
bert eloped some time ago and he
was later arrested on a charge of in
sanity to prevent the marriage. Mist
Hodson enlisted the sympathy of
Rev. Mr. Inman and after admission
to the jail was refused them, they
went around to a window where the
ceremony w’as performed.
An attorney representing all the
railroads of Arkansas has applied to
Judge Vandevender for a temporary
order restraining the state railroad
commission of Arkansas from enforc
ing the rate laws of that state until
their validity has been tested in the
courts.
Washington.
Satisfactory assurance has been
given the navy repartment by the of
ficials and the citizens of New Lon
don, Conn., that there will be no
further discrimination against the en
listed men of the navy or the uniform
of the United States in the places of
public amusement in that city A
formal letter has been received by
Acting Secretary of the Navy New
berry from the mayor of New London
stating that amusement managers of
the city unite in extending a welcome
to uniformed men of the navy;.
The Chilean government has paid
to date $2,818,480, United States gold,
for property appropriated for public
use in the reconstruction of the city
of Valparaiso. This is done to widen
some of the streets, straigten others
and to modernize that portion of the
city that was so nearly a total wreck.
Senor Creel, the Mexican ambassa
dor, has presented to the state de
partment a strong appeal from the
Mexican government to that of the
United States foy the latter’s co-oper
ation in the work of suppressing
bands of revolutionists which for a
number of weeks have been making
raids on Mexican territory, from the
American side of the line. It is prob
able that additional American troops
will be stationed along the border,
and in the meanwhile the governors
of Texas and Arizona are being urged
to redouble their exertions to prevent
a recurrence of such raids.
The comptroller of the currencv
was advised of the suspension of the
First National bank of Friendly, W
Va., with a capital of $25,000. R. D.
Garrett has been appointed receiver.
ALL RUN DOWN.
Miss Della Stroebe, who had Com
pletely Lost Her Health, Found
Relief from Pe-ru-na at Once.
Read What She Says:
MISS DELLA STROEBE, 710 Rich
mond St., Appleton, Wis,, writes:
“For several years I was in a run
down condition, and T could find no re
lief from doctors and medicines. I
could not enjoy my meals, and could
not sleep at night. I had heavy, dark
circles about the eyes.
“My friends were much alarmed. I
was advised to give Peruna a trial, and
to my joy I began to improve with the
first bottle. After taking six bottles I
felt completely'cured. I cannot say too
mnch for Peruna as a medicine for
women in a run-down condition."
Pe-ru-na Did Wonders.
Mrs. Judge J. Ik Boyer, 1421 Sherman
Ave., Evanston, 111., says that she be
came run down, could neither eat nor
sloop well, and lost flesh and spirit. Pe
runa did wonders for her, and she thanks
Peruna for now life and strength.
Lots of people look thoughtful
then let it go at that.
Hicks’ Capudine Cures Nervousness,
Whether tired out, worried, overworked, or
what not. It refreshes the brain and
nerves. It’s Liquid and pleasant to take.
10c., 25c., and 50c., at drug stores.
Don’t be a kicker; but if you must
kick make it swift and sure.
John R. Dickey’s old reliable eye water
cures sore eyes or granulated lids. Don’t
hurt, feels good; get the genuine in red box.
*
A word to the wise is sufficient—
if he is paying for it at his end of the
telephone.
KEEP TOUR SKIN HEALTHY.
Tettebine has done wonders for suffer
ers from eczema, tetter, ground itch, ery
sipelas, infant sore head, chaps, chafes and
other forms of skin diseases. * In aggravat
ed cases of eczema its cures have been mar
velous and thousands of people sing its
praises. 50c. at druggists or by mail from
J. T. sShuptbine, Dept. A, Savannah, Ga.
Tuberculous Milk and Children.
William Leland Stowell of New
York describes the results of the
feeding of the children of some of the
wards of the City Hospital for Chil
dren on Wards Island on milk from
a city herd tljat was afterward as
certained to be tuberculous. The
herd was tested and all the animals
in it had to be killed, as the test
showed some degree of tuberculous
infection in all. All the children who
had been fed on this milk were test
ed by the ophthalmo-reaction, 77 in
all. Of these 19 reacted; 13 were
surgical cases of tuberculosis, and 3
were not suspected of tuberculosis.
The author concludes that fresh,
clean milk is more wholesome than
pasteurized milk. The danger of in
fection from tuberculous milk is
very slight. Less than 10 per cent
mortality in the whole hospital was
due to tuberculosis. —Medical Re
cord, June 20, 1908.
LET US HOPE SO.
‘‘William,’’ she said, “means good,
James means beloved, I wonder ’’
A flush mantled her cheek.
“I wonder,” she softly murmured,
'what George means?”
“George means business, I hope,”
said mother, looking up from the East
er wedding announcements in the
evening paper.—-Philadelphia Bulle
tin.
WONDERED WHY
Found the Answer Was “Coffee.”
Many pale, sickly persons wonder
for years why they have to suffer so,
and eventually discover that the drug
—caffeine—in coffee is the main
cause of the trouble.
“I was always very fond of coffee
and drank it every day. I never had
much flesh and often wondered why I
was always so pale, thin and weak.
“About five years ago my health
completely broke down and I was con
fined to my bed. My stomach was in
such condition that I could hardly
take sufficient nourishment to sus
tain life.
“During this time I was drinking
coffee, didn’t think I could do with
out It.
“After awhile I came to the con
clusion that coffee was hurting me,
and decided to % give It up and try
Postum. I didn’t like the taste of it
at first, but when it was made right
—boiled until dark and rich—l soon
became very fond of It.
“In one week I began to feel better.
I could eat more and sleep better. My
sick headaches were less frequent,
and within five months I looked and
felt like anew being, headache spelli
entirely gone.
“My health continued to improve,
and to-day I am well and strong,
weigh 148 lbs. I attribute my preseflt
health to the life-giving qualities of
Postum.”
“There’s a Reason.”
Name given by Postum Cos., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read, “The Road to
Wellrille,” in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? Anew
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full of human
interest.