The Birmingham Age-Herald (Birmingham, Ala.)
September 24, 1902

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THE BIRMINGHAM AGE-HERALD. VOL. 29 BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, WEDNESDAY", SEPTEMBER 24, 1902-10 PAGSE. NO. 40 AIM OPERATION FORCES ROOSEVELT TO ABANDON HIS WESTERN TRIP Doctors Take Serum from Left Leg to Prevent Possible Blood Poisoning from Bruise Re ceived at Pittsfield, WOUND IS NOT SERIOUS THOUGH VERY PAINFUL News of the Operation Was a Great Surprise to the Country and In Washington No One Knew He Was Hurt. Indianapolis, September 28.—presi dent Roosevelt’s western trip came to an untimely end In this city to day. He was found to be suffering from a swelling In the left leg between the knee and the >ankle that required imme diate surgical attention, and instead of being taken to the train to continue his journey to Fort Wayne and Milwaukee he was conveyed to St. Vincent’s hospital where he was operated on. The opera tion was performed at 3:35 o’clock and lasted only a short time, when he was taken to a private room in the hospital to rest. After taking a light luncheon at 7:30 p. m. he was conveyed on a stretcher to his train, which had been backed upon the Y near the hospital, and at 7:50 the train left for Washington. The first Intimation that anything was wrong came in the form of rumors to the great crowd that was patiently wait ing around the Columbia club and the soldiers’ and sailors’ monument for the President to appear. It was about 2:30 o’clock—within half an hour of the time set for the President to leave the city—that a few of the fa vored ones in the crowd received intima tions that the President was sick and that the rest of the trip would probably be abandoned. These statements were as promptly denied as fast as they gained currency, but soon the rumors began to take on a more serious character. “The President has burst a blood ves sel,” was a whisper that went around among the police officers and soldiers. “This cannot be true,”, said others, “for the President is in the corridor convers ing with Senator Fairbanks.” All Kinds of Rumors. Then It was said that the President was sick, that he had fainted, and finally a rumor was started that he had been shot. These rumors, however, did not appear to reach the crowd, and the tltfth Bands stood patiently after the speech by the President from the balcony to see him make his way out of the club. The min utes continued to slip away,' and still he did not come. A half hour or more passeu and finally it was noticed that a move ment of Borne kind was on. The Presi dent’s carriage stood in front of the en trance of the club, with Colonel Wilson, the governor’s private secretary, inside holding the large bunch of American beauty roses that had been given the President in the hall. The soldiers of the National guard were drawn up along the street Just in the rear. The secret service men and the local police and de tectives crowded the sidewalk in front of the club, keeping back the people. The command was given to make room, and a path was cleared from the club en trance to the carriage, and as if an an swer to the rumors of his illness, the President, accompanied by Senator Fair banks, Secretary Cortelyou and Governor Uurbin, took seats In the carriage with the President. started in a i rot. The carriage started immediately, the horses being urged Into a trot. A second carriage, containing the secret service officers, followed closely in its wake, and a third one, containing Assistant Secre taries Doeb and Barnes and Drs. George J. Cook and J. J. Richardson, close® up the rear. No sooner had the carriages started than Captain Gallon of Battery A, with twenty mounted artillerymen and Captain Hyland, with as many mounted police, surrounded them, and In a few seconds the cavalcade swung at' a rapid gait around the circle and down Meridian street. The crowd In the circle had hardly got ten a glimpse of the carriages before they were gone. Much to their surprise the soldiers were left behind, and also a number of carriages. Yet they sent up a cheer and apparently took It for grant ed that there was nothing unusual In this method of leave taking. The cavalcade started south on Meri dian street between rows of banked up humanity held back from the street by ropes. A slight rain had begun to fall and this appeared to furnish the reason why the carriage containing the Presi dent should be entirely closed. Amid the sound of many horses trotting up the as phalt and the rattling of the carriages could be heard the cheers of the people, who, though they could not see the chiet executive of the nation, thought they were bidding him a good-bye. For three Bquares along south Meridian street the carriages and escort went at a good gait, distancing those who attempted to keep up with them by running. Slight Delay at Depot, Unnally the depot was reached and a slight delay arose In crossing the tracks because of a train that was about to leave. The engine was stopped as it started on Its way across the street and the carriages went galloping over the tracks and on to South street. The crowd that had gathered at the east end of the depot looked upon this maneuver with wonder. But the carriages turned sharply to the east on South street and In a tew minutes the distance of several equares to the St. Vincent hospital was covered. As soon as Captain Hyland ol the police arrived there he alighted and running to the door of the President's carriage, which had stopped, he assisted him to alight and walked with Senate: Fairbanks and Governor Durban up the steps of the hospital. The occupants of the third carriage quickly followed and at the same time Captain Callon had stationed his men about the entrance a squad of police whe had been sent to the hospital before the President left the club appeared and formed a cordon about the building. Everything was done with dispatch and f\ gathering crowds were kept at a dls I tance. No one was allowed to enter the hospital except those belonging to the President's party, or those who had spe cial business there. From the time the President left the Columbia club until he found himself In a hospital surround ed by a cordon of police and soldiers not more than ten minutes had elapsed. The whole movement had been carefully planned at the Columbia club before It was carried out, and the utmost effort was made to keep any lnkl'ng of what was to occur from reaching the street. Kept It Quiet. The necessary order to the police and the soldiers were not given until the last moment, and In this way the knowledge that something was amiss was confined only to those who had an official in terest In the President's movements. Dame rumor did not have an opportunity of arousing the anxiety of thousands of people who were gathered along the streets and the transfer of the Presi dent to the. hospital was executed with out their having the least notion of what has transpiring. The first public knowledge of the. true state of affairs came In the form of a bulletin which was issued by Secretary Cortelyou. and In a short time the newspaper offices were the center of excited crowds. After the President entered the operating room with the physicians he sat down on a stool and waited for Instructions from the physicians and surgeons watching their preparations with keen interest. "I am awfully sorry that I cannot con tinue my western frlp," he said. “Can t you let me go ahead with It after this thing is over?” Several of the surgeons turned to him and one said: “It is my opinion that you would be very indiscreet to continue on your feet as would be necessary in your speech making trip after the opi ration. This is by no means a serious thing, and there Is absolutely no danger of serious con sequences from It If you are careful and stay off your feet until the trouble Is over. But you should by all means, Mr. President, discontinue your trip." President Obeyed Orders. ‘"Very well, then, It will have to be that way,” said the President resignedly. "I will do as you gentleman say. N<bw what do you want me to do.” The Presi dent was told to remove his shoes and stockings and other garments. A moment later, however, he was told to simply re move his shoes and they would be re quired to bare the leg only. This was done. The President walked to the operating table alone, and as he lay down he re marked with a smile, "Gentlemen, you are formal. I see you have your gloves on.” This was a reference to the antisep tic gloves of the surgeons. "Mr. President," said a surgeon with a Bmile, "It Is always In order to wear gloves at a President's reception.” This caused the President to exclaim, "Good, well said.” The operation began without delay. The pain caused the President to mutter sev eral times In a low voice, but he said nothing that was distinct except to asa for a glass of water before the needle had been removed. After the operation was over he made several laughable remarks concerning trivial matters, and asked If he would bo allowed to use his leg long enough to walk upstairs himself. "You will bo hauled upstairs In a wheeled ambulance,” said a surgeon. When they brought the vehicle In tho President said: “Why, that's a wheel barrow." Caused By a Bruise. After being taken to the upper room from the operating room the President was served with a light luncheon and chatted pleasantly to those in the room. He made several kind remarks to the attending nurses about the trouble he was causing and shifted his position sev eral times nervously. At 7:40 p. m. a white blanket was thrown around him and he was placed on the hospital stretcher, and escorfed by a company of lnfnntry, was carried to tho car a block away by four negro porters from the train. He bid good-bye to the nurses as he was being carried out of the hall to the elevator and thanked them for their kindness. He did not talk dur ing hts trip to the car. Senator Fair banks, Governor Durkin and other promi nent citizens were at the train to bid him good-bye. The swelling of the President's leg which made an operation necessary was occasioned by a bruise he received at the time of the trolley car accident at Pitt field. Mass., when his carriage was run into and demolished by a car. Besides being injured in the face and across the eye, the President at that time received a blow upon the Inner part of the left leg between the ankle and knee. But, true to his characteristics, he paid no at tentlon to it, deeming a slight bruise not worth talking about. During several weeks he took no heed of it, but the pain began to force his attention. After stari ng on his western trip he determined that perhaps Dr. Lung, who was aboard the train, should examine it. The doctor did so and pronounced it to be a serious matter. When in Detroit the doctor final ly declared that something would have to be done. After consulting with Dr. Richardson, another men.her of the par ty, It was decided that In order to avoid the possibility of blood poisoning it would probably be wise to have an ope ration performed. The President was very much averse to mything of the kind being done, and not until Logans port, Ind., had been r'ached had he been prevailed upon to deliver the tariff speech which had been prepared for delivery at Milwaukee and whioh was regarded as one of the most important of his pro posed speeches for the west. Beveridge Boards the Train. At Logansport Senator Beveridge boarded the train, and after a consulta tion with him It was decided that he should summon several of the best phy sicians of Indianapolis to meet the Presi dent, and with this end in view the sena tor telegraphed to Dr. George H. Oliver, Dr. George J. Cook and Dr. Henry Jame son to he at the Massachusetts Avenue depot. When the train pulled into the station the doctors were there, and they were taken by the senator immediately Into the President’s car. The physicians accompanied the party to Tomlinson hall and it was thought by those who noticed them that they were merely present as members of the reception committee. When the President arose to acknowl edge the reception given him at the hall and also when he got up from his seat to make his speech it was noticed by those near him in the front of the hall that he stood with all his weight on his right leg and the posture seemed sa awkward and so much like a pose that It caused comment. Little did any one think that he stood In the way he did because of the pain In his left leg. Dur ing the delivery of his speech when he had become aroused he stood on both legs and at one point In the speech he seemed to forget about his Injury so completely that he took several steps and In so doing hit his leg against a gun that was stacked with others on the stage. An expression of pain passed quickly over his face w’hlch wrb remarked upon by many listening to him who could not understand why he should make such peculiar, facial expressions. The trip to the Columbia club followed without any feature that would give a hint that the great western trip of the President was at an end. To every one, including even those who were In the President’s party outside of Secretary Cortelyou and the physicians there was no thought but that the programme was to be carried out to the end and It was a gay throng that marched Into the club to take luncheon and have a little rest. But Instead of going Into the dining room the President was taken Into a room where, unknown to the bustling crowd Inside and outside of the club, he was made the subject of a serious con sultation by the physicians. His leg was bared and the swelling examined. After a considerable time the physicians ar rived at the verdict. Operation Necessary. Said Dr. Oliver: "In order to avoid pos sible blood poisoning setting In, It will be necessary for the Pres'dent to submit to a slight operation,” and In this view all the other doctors concurred. The President demurred, but his objections were overruled' by the argument that a man In his position could not afford to take chances. The President wished that the operation, since It was necessary, should be postponed until he reached Washington, but the physicians again proved obdurate. In the meantime many of the recep tion committee were eating dinner, and after the lapse of an hour or more the President himself went into the dining room and took luncheon with a small party at one of the tables. He then was escorted to the gallery of (Continued on 8econd Page) TWO OUNCES SERUM REMOVED FROM LEG Indianapolis, September 23.—At 5:45 p. m. the following official statement was issued: At 3:16 p. m. the President went from the Columbia club to St. Vincent’s hoslptai in his own carriage, and shortly after he was in the hospital the operation required was performed by Dr. George Oliver of Indianapolis, in consultation with the President’s physician, Dr. George A. Lung, and Dr. George A. Cook, Dr. Henry Jackson and Dr. J. J. Richardson. At the conclusion of the operation the physicians au thorized the following statement: As a result of tramaullsm (bruises) received In the trolley acci dent at Pittsfield, Mass., there was found to be a circumscribed col lection of perfectly pure serum in the middle third of the left anterior tibial region, tue sac containing about two ounces, which was re moved. The indications are that the President should make speedy re covery. It is absolutely imperative, however, that he should remain quiet and refrain from using the leg. The trouble is not serious, but temporarily disabling. (Signed) GEORGE B. CORTELYOU, Secretary to the President

PRESIDENT’S AILMENT SURPRISES WASHINGTON Washington, September 23.—The illness of President Roosevelt and the conse quent abandonment of his western trip came as a total surprise to everybody in Washington. An official report of the President’s condition came to the navy department this afternoon from Dr. George A. Lung, who accompanied the President. Its text was not made public. It was very much in accord with the statement issued by Secretary Cortelyou from Indianapolis. From information at hand Dr. Uris is of the oponlon that the President will be all right In a very short time. Such wounds as that described are apt to be more painful than serious. Whenever there is a break In trie continuity of the skin he said, it makes the circulation of the blood in that vicinty very poor and careful handling of the injury is required to prevent any ulceration. The doctor thought from his present information that a rest of a week or so would cause the wound to heal nicely and the cause of the disturbance to disappear. No word regarding the President’s con dition nor of his intention to return to Washington had been received at the .temporary White House up to midnight. The general expectation, however, Is that he will make Ms headquarters there dur ing his stay in Washington. While the accommodations are not adequate for the entire family, they are ample for the President and Mrs. Roosevelt, should the latter join him, and with a cbrps of servants can be soon put in shape for occupancy. There is an accumulation of business on hand awaiting Mr. Roose velt’s attention and this, with the fact that the President has promised to wit ness the parade of the Grand Army two weeks from tomorrow, lead officials in Washington to believe he will remain here possibly until that occasion has passed. Secretaries Moody and Hitchcock and Attorney General Knox are the only cab inet officers in Washington at this time. They were very much surprised to hear of the illness of the President. Both Mr. Moody and Mr. Hitchcock said they had not heard anything from Secretary Cor t el you. MUST CHANCE TAWFFSLOWLY President Mates an Important Speech at Logansporl RADICAL ACTION WOULD HURT Personally Mr. Roosevelt Favors a Commission to Study the Question and Make Necessary Changes After Due Deliberation. Logansport, Ind., September 23.—(Spe cial.)—President Roosevelt and party ar rived here at 7:16 o’clock this morning and to a large crowd the President made the most Important speech of his present trip. Touching on tariff revision, the Presi dent said that no nation could stand radical readjustment of tariff schedules at short Intervals. Continual sweeping changes cannot but be disastrous, but where the Industrial needs shift as rupid ly as they do here, wpere we often live In one year what Europe does In ten, we need the reapplication of established principles to changing conditions. We must readjust without resorting to a vio lent surgical operation, the decade of which alone would paralyse the business of the country. We must solve this problem with partisanship as a secondary consideration. President's Address. After thanking the people for turning out to greet him In such weather, the President said: "It Is the merest truism to say that In the modern world Industrialism Is the great factor In the growth of nations. Material prosperity is the foundation up on which every mighty national struc ture must be built. Of course tnere must be more than this. There must be a high moral purpose, a life of the spirit which finds Its expression In many different ways; but unless material prosperity ex ists alsh there Is scant room In which to develop the higher life. The productive activity of our vast army of workers, of those who labor with head or hands, Is the prime cause of the giant growth of this nation. We have great natural r* sources, but such resources count for nothing If the men In possession have not the power to take advantage of them. You have built up In the west those cities of the Mississippi valley and the great lakes as all the regian a"bout them has been built up. If you did not have the qualities of heart and brain, the moral and physl-al fibre which enabled you to use to the u. lost possible ad vantage whatever you found ready to your hands, It would not nave been ac complished. Financial Stability. Probably the most important aid which can be contributed by the national gov ernment to the material well-being of the country is to insure its financial sta bility. An honest currency is the strong est symbol and expression of honest business life. The business world must j exist largely on credit, and to credit con fldence is essential. Any tampering with j the currency, no matter with what pur pose, Is fraught with the suspicion of dishonesty in result, is fatal in Its effects j on business prosperity. Vepy Ignorant and primitive communities are continual ly obliged to learn the elementary truth that the repudiation of debts is In the end ruinous to the debtors as a class; and when communities have moved some what higher In he scrle of civilization 'they also lean at-tt rerythlng in the nature of a debased currency works a similar damage. A financial system of assured honesty Is the first essential. An other essential for any community Is perseverance in the economic policy which for a course of years is found best fitted to its peculiar needs. The ques tion of combining such fixedness of eco nomic policy as regards the tariff, while at the same time allowing for a neces sary and prosperous adjustment of duties In particular schedules, as such read justment becomes a matter of pressing Importance, Is not an easy one. It Is per haps too much to expect that from the discussion of such a question It would be possible wholly to eliminate political partisanship. Yet those who believe, as we all must when we think seriously of the subject, that the proper aim of the party system Is, after all, simply to sub serve the public good, cannot but hope that where such partisanship on a mat ter of this kind conflicts with the publlo good, it shall at least be minimized. What we really need In this country Is to treat the tariff as a business proposi tion. and not from the standpoint of the temporary needs of any political party. It surely ought not to be necessary to dwell upon the extreme unwisdom, from a business standpoint, from the stand point of national prosperity, of violent and radical views, amounting to the di rect upsetting of tariff policies at Inter vals of every few years. A nation like ours can adjust Its business after a foahinn to anv kind of a tariff. A Ruinous Policy. Neither our nation nor any other can stand the ruinous policy of ready justing Its business to radical changes in the tariff at short Intervals. This Is more true now than ever It was before, for owing to the immense extent and variety cf our products the tariff schedules of today carry rates of duty on more than four thousand articles. Continual sweep ing changes in such a tariff, touching so Intimately the commercial interests of the nation, which stands as one of the two or three greatest In the whole indus trial world, cannot but be disastrous. Tet, on the other hand, where the Industrial needs of the nation shift as rapidly ns they do with us, It is a matter of prime importance that we should bo able to readjust our economic policy as rapidly as possible, and with us little friction as possible to these needs. We need a scheme which will enable us to proviso a re-appllcatlon of the principle to the changed conditions. The problem, there fore, is to devise some plan by which these shifting needs can be recognized and the necessary readjustment of duties provided without forcing the entire busi ness community, and therefore the en tire nation, to submit to a violent sur gical operation, the mere threat or which, and still more the accomplished fact .if which probably would parallse for a con siderable time all the industries of the country. Such radical action might very readily reproduce the conditions from which we suffered nine years ago, »u 1893. To Correct Irregularities. We need to devise some machinery by which, while persevering In the policy YO UNG MA Y BE ABLE TO PROVE INNOCENCE Alleged Murderer of Mrs, Pulitzer Acts in Peculiar Manner, and Says He Tried to Dismember the Body So as to Save Father from Disgrace New York, September 23.—The train from Derby, Conn., with William Hooper Young on board, arrived at the Grand Central station at 9:20 a. m. There was a crowd of 400 or 500 at the station when the train came In. The crowd was orderly and no demonstration against Young was made. Preparations for taking care of Young and keeping the crowd from surrounding him had been made, and when the train was stopped the passen gers were told to keep their seats for a few minutes. Then Young, who was in the smoking car, was taken off first. He was led tc a closed carriage and. accom panied by Detective Sergeants Hughes and Finley and Mr. Hart, the prisoner’s counsel, who came down from Derby with tho party, was driven to police headquar ters. The prisoner, handcuffed to Finley, was led through a large crow'd that had gath ered to see him. Ho plainly was in a condition bordering on collapse when led up the steps into headquarters. Short ly after Young had been in the detective headquarters. Lawyer Hart appeared and said in reply to inquiries: "Young is an Innocent man. The police believe they have got him on an alleged confession, which he made before he had legal counsel. It will be proven that Young: was not even an accomplice." At the close of the interview between Detective Captain Titus and Young, Cap tain Titus said Young made the follow ing statement: “About three weeks ago I met a man named Simpson Elllng in Central park. He accosled me. We talked and got ac quainted, though he was a degenerate. After that he called on me several time* at my flat. “On the night Mrs. Pulitzer died Eiling and I met her at Broadway and Forty sixth street by appointment I had made. We went to the flat together. I went out for some whisky after we got there and left Elllng and the woman alone. When 1 got back I found Mrs. Pulitzer lying across the bed with a gag In her mouth. Eiling had gone. “I ripped open her clothing and moved her hands back and forth over her head to Induce respiration. When she did not breath I put my hand under her waist and felt her heart. It was not beating. Then I decided to notify the police, but thought that Instead of calling a police man to go to police headquarters, which I thought was in the city hall. I started down town, and one the way I got to thinking what a lot of disgrace it would bring upon me and my father. “I took a long knife and cut Into the body, intending the cut the body up so I could get it into a trunk. When I made the first cut the odor was so awful that I could go no further." DAVIDSON SEES ATTORNEY GENERAL MR. KNOX UNABLE TO TAKE UP APPOINTMENT OF MAN TO SUC CEED WILLIAM VAUGHAN—MR. DAVIDSON IS CONFIDENT. Washington, September 23.—(Special.)— J. W. Davidson of Birmingham, a can didate for District Attorney Vaughan's place, saw the attorney genernl this morning and returned home tonight. Mr. Knox told him that lie hud as yet given no attention to the vacancy, being busily occuplped upon other matters and did not know when he would be able to take It up. Mr. Davidson was Informed that since he is a candidate the best thing he could do Is to return to Alabama and Becure Indorsements, which he decided to do. Mr. Davidson feels very confident over the outlook. He Is said to have the Indorsement of nearly all the leaders of the new republican party.” It Is under stood here that these leaders desire that no appointment be made until after the election, owing to the possibilities of bad feeling It might create. Chairman Well man and other republcans are expected here within a few days. of a protective tariff in which I think the naton, as a whole, has now generally acquiesced, we would be able to correct the Irregularities and remove the Incon gruities produced by the changing condi tions, without destroying the whole structure. Such machinery would per mit us to continue our definitely settled tariff policy while providing for the changes in duties upon particular sched ules which must Inevitably and necessar ily take place from time to time as mat ters of legislative and administrative de tail. This would secure the needed sta bility of economic policy which Is a prime factor In our ndustral success, while do ing away with any tendency to fossilize it. It would recognize the fact that as our needs shift it may be found advisable to alter rates and schedules, adapting them to the changed conditions and ne cessities of the whole people, and this would be in no wise Incompatible with preserving the principle of protection, for belief In the wisdom of a protective tariff is In no way inconsistent with frankly admtting the desirability of changing a set of schedules, when from any cause, such change is in the Interest of the na tion as a whole—and our tariff policy Is designed to favor the Interests of the na tion as a whole and not those of any par ticular Bet of individuals, save as an incident to their building up of national well being. There are two or three dif ferent methods by which it will be possi ble to provide such readjustment without any shock to the business world. His Reference. My personal preference would be for action which should be taken only after preliminary Inquiry by and upon the findings of a body of experts of such high character and ability that they could be trusted to deal with the sub ject purely from the standpoint of our business and Industrial needs; but, of course, congress would have to deter mine for Itself the exact method to bo followed. Of course In making any change we should have to proceed in accordance with certain fixed and definite principles and the most Important of these is an avowed determination to protect the In terests of the American producer, be he business man, wage worker or farmer. The tariff rate must never fall below tivit Which will protect the American working man by allowing for the differ ence between the general labor cost hero and the cost abroad, so as to at least equalize the conditions arising from tho difference In the standards of labor here and abroad." HIS WHISKERS WORTH $10,000. Man Sues Street Car Company Be cause He Was Forced to Shave. New York. September 23 —A peculiar damage suit has been brought against a street railway company of this city by Simon Kurtz, who seeks to recover the sum of {10.000 because of a fall which compelled him to shave off his heard. Kurtz Is a canter, or singer. In a syna gogue. Since losing his beard he de clares he can no longer follow his pro fession under the rules of the church. Birmingham Man Appointed. Washington, September 23.—(Spe cial.)—Alfred W. Richardson has been appointed a substitute letter carrier in the postoffice at Birmingham. The Southern Railway company announces S. R. Richards has been transferred from the Norfolk division and ap pointed master mechanic of the Mobile division, headquarters at Selma. HAY MEDDLING IN OTHERS’ AFFAIRS FOREIGN POWERS SAY TREAT MENT OF JEWS IN ROUMANIA IS NO CONCERN OF THE UNITED STATES. London, September 23.—"Nothing that will be of any permanent good can re sult from Secretary Hay’s note to the powers on Roumanla’s treatment of Jews unless somebody is willing to crush Rou mania, and no power seems anxious to take on that task.” The foregoing quotiftil ns from the utterances of an experienced British of ficial represents the real opinion of the British foreign office on the subject of negotiations between America and Eu rope, and represents It with a terse straight-forwardness which Is not like ly to figure In the guarded diplomatic re plies which Mr. Hay’s note will eventu ally produce. The Associated Press Is able to say that Great Britain's back-up of the United States In Roumanian matters has only produced evidence that the signa tories of the Berlin treaty absolutely re fuse to take other than merely sensa tional action toward alleviating the per secution of the Jews. The exchange of views regarding the American note so licited by Great Bfitain has progressed sufficiently to convince the foreign office here that nothing material Is likely to result To achieve more than a promise from Roumania It Is believed In Downing street and apparently in the foreign of fices of the other capitals interested that nothing short of a combined display of force would be necessary. Insurmountable obstacles appear to render such a step Impossible. Inter-Eu ropean Jealousies and the normally ex plosive conditions of the Balkans In themselves are sufficiently powerful fac tors to Induce a policy of united Interven tion. According to official statements the British foreign officers have also received every indication of willingness on the part of several continental governments to seize the opportunity of conveying to the United States government the Inti mation that It Is Interfering In "matters which do not concern It," are various semi-official newspapers in European capitals have put It. Overton Cade. New Orleans, September 23.—Foe the Sixth district railroad commis sionership the democratic convention tonight nominated Overton Cade. INDEX TO TODAY'S PAPER The Weather. Washington, September 23, Weather forecast for Alabama: Showers and cool er Wednesday. Fair Thursday; fresh southwest to northwest winds. Page One. President Roosevelt undergoes opera tion. Mr. Roosevelt discusses revision of the tariff. Republicans have warm fight at Sara toga Hooper Young may be an Innocent man. Sheldon withdraws from race In New York. Page Two. Call for troops stops disorder In strike region. Ballou and Hicks are relased from cus tody. Southern Railway company buys land. Page Three. Clayton hopes for democrats to win next house. General state news. Page Four. Editorial comment. Gossip heard In local hotel lobbies. Page Five. Brandon Light Artillery Is mustered Into the state service. Saks' clothing store will be rebuilt. Dollar gas will be In effect on October 1. Page 8lx. Social news of Birmingham. Page Seven. Arguments In the Plus claims case. Trouble In West Indies Is more serious. Page Eight Baseball, racing and general sporting news. Garber will not contest Wilson's nomi nation. Page Nine. Local and foreign market reports. P ODELL FORCES 3 STATEMT New York Republican Bosses Rave Biller Wrangle at Saratoga FINALLY RESULTS IN CANDIDATE WITHDRAWING Senator Platt Bested In a Bout With j Timothy Woodruff and the Gov ernor—Sheldon Issues State ment to Friends. Saratoga. N. Y., September 23.—The dif ficulty in the republican convention over the candidacy of George R. Sheldon for the lieutenant governorship assumed such proportions this afternooh that Governor Odell was summoned from bany for consultation, and finally resulted in the withdrawal of Mr. Sheldon. It h&a developed that Governor Odell today requested Mr. Sheldon to withdraw from the race for the nomination for second place on the ticket. The governor gave as a reason that he was of the opinion that Mr. Sheldon's candidacy would Jeopardize the success of the whole ticket. The governor added that he had selected Mr. Sheldon for the place and was his close personal friend, but had reached the conclusion that It was best Mr. Sheldon should retire. Mr. Sheldon consulted with Senator Platt, and gaining the senator's support, in formed the governor he could not comply with the request. Governor Odell then sent to Senator Platt and asked him to use his Influence to get Mr. Sheldon to retire. Mr. Platt announced that ho would not make the request and that Mr. Sheldon was In to stay. In the meantime the Kings county del egatlon, headed by Lieutenant Governor Woodruff, had hints of Governor Odell's request and immediately resumed Its at tacks on Mr. Sheldon. Shortly after the adjournment of the convention in the afternoon Lieutenant Governor Wood ruff made this statement: "I have no personal animosity against Mr. Sheldon, 1 believe that the objec tions that have been raised to him are of the gravest sort and that they Jeopar dize the state ticket. 1 have no personal ambition. I am not and will not be a candidate. I am interested in the suc cess of the state ticket alone, irrespective of Individuals. 1 am the unit voter for the largest county in the slate, next to New York county. We carried our pri maries and have united the party. I be lieve that Kings county should have some say In nominating a ticket. We were promised this. Mr. Platt broke his word to us and named Mr. Sheldon with out consultation. I believe he did it for the best Interests of the party, but he was mistaken. I bow to no man In my allegiance to the party and Its leaders, but I am not going to stanu calmly by and see the party interests jeopardized. I have no candidate, but I believe there are up-state men who could fill the place acceptably and aid the ticket. I have no motives other than fhe success of the party to which I belong." Will Give Him a Lesson. When shown the statement of Lieuten ant-Governor Woodruff, Senator Platt said: “Perhaps we can give Mr. Woodruff a little lesson In politics as well as in good manners. Why should the leader of any one delegation be offended because a man desires to be a candidate? Is Kings coun ty to control aituations? Mr. Sheldon Is a candidate and is not withdrawn at all. Tell Mr. Woodruff that for me. “Woodruff could have many things. Ha 'i has had them. He has refused some lately and it is ill advised of him to seek to make trouble. His concern for the party is very touching, but there are others of larger experience who are equally in terested and more capable of judging.” When the news of this trouble between the leaders became public In its entirety the previous apathetic attitude of the rank and file of the delegates to the state convention changed to one of the liveliest interest. Before 6 o’clock in the evening Governor Odell was being urged by his personal friends to come to Sar atoga and settle the controversy, but to this request he answered that the conven I tion could work out the situation itself. I Governor Odell s friends then began to 1 work actively to get Mr. Sheldon to re tire. and as a result of thc< agitation tele grams began pouring in from all sections of the state asking delegates not to vote for Sheldon on the ground of his busi ness affiliations. Leaders from up the state were apprised of the fact that tho governor was averse to Mr. Sheldon’s nomination and towards 9 o|clook the news was known about the hotel corri dors. About that time Governor Odell. In response to a query from Lieutenant Governor Woodruff, sent a telegram say ing that he would not run on the ticket if Mr. Sheldon’s name was on It. Gover nor Odell’s father and brother then went to the telephone and told the governor that he must come to Saratoga and straighten out the matter. Governor Odell Arrives. Governor Odell reached here at 9:80 o’clock. Senator Platt, Governor Odell and George R. Sheldon were in confer ence for a period of two hours. At 2 o'clock this morning Governor Odell left the room and announced that Mr. Shel don had withdrawn from the contest. At this late hour the Indications are that Senator Frank Higgins of Cattaragus will be the nominee for lieutenant gover nor. The announcement of the withdrawal of Mr. Sheldon from the contest was greeted with hearty cheers by a crowd of nearly 800 delegates who had waited anxiously for the conclusion of the con ference between the leaders. Governor Odell stated after a conference that tho discussion throughout had been of a most pleasant character. He said that Mr. Sheldon was Anally convinced that it was to the best interests of the party that he withdraw from the contest In view of the fact that the numerous (Continued on Second Page).

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About Our Diamonds! We are large buyers of LOOSE STONES, which enables us to make SPECIAL PRICES on our own set tings. All of our DIAMONDS ARE PURE STONES. PINS, RINGS and PENDANTS. Beauties at prices to sur prise you. F. W. BROMBERG, 107 N. 20th St. The Leading Jeweler. CITY ITEMS. Petitions In Bankruptcy.—Petitions in voluntary bankruptcy were filed yes terday by Jessie Hill of Pratt City, I. Evans of Birmingham, G. H. Baker and John Fern. Marriage Licenses.—Marriage licenses were issued yesterday to James H. Wood and Cleveland H. Henry, and to George Ctaldo and Lil lian Tomborella. Red Men’s Ball.—The first annual ball of the Hiawatha Council No. 8, I. O. R. M., will be given at Red Men's hall on First avenue, Thursday, Octo ber 2. Damage Is 5400.—The damage to the servants’ house and barn at the home of C. G. Brown, 1136 North Thirteenth Bireet, which caught fire yesterday morning, Is comparatively slight. The total loss will be less than 5400. Whistler Fined 55.—Charles Hender son, the negro who was arrested for disorderly conduct at the Bijou Mon day night, was arraigned before Judge Feagln yesterday morning and fined 55. He was lectured as to wsistling in opera houses. Little Miss Archer Doing Well.— Fannie Archer, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Archer of Har grove, Ala.. .Who fell from a car on Twentieth street Monday night and was seriously Injured, Is resting well at tsh'e residence of Mr. and Mrs. •-^'Thomas Archer, 2023 Eighth avenue, and will recover. High School Football Team.—The High School Athletic association met yesterday afternoon and organized a football team. The old colors—orange and black—were changed to crimson and white. Following are the officers for the ensuing year: President, Jelks Cabaniss; vice president, Paul McCar tin; secretary and treasurer, Monroe Lanier; manager football, Walter Hood. The football team begins prac tice this afternoon. BOXER MOVEMENT GROWING. Siamese Have Sent Warship to Kidnap the Rajah. Victoria. B. C., September 2S.—The steamer Tacoma, from the Orient, brings advices from Pekin that the mandarins huve been Informed from Cheng Tu Scheun, where the Boxer outbreak has assumed vast proportions, l.iat LI Lai ung. principal chief of the Boxers of Shen 81, and Lieutenant Princj Tuan ar rived at Cheng Tu Just prior to the out break and fomented the Insurrection. A correspon3ent at Chen Tu says the mere presence of this man arouses the Boxers to frenzies of enthusiasm. From Singapore the steamer brought news that the Siamese have sent a war ship to kidnap the rajah of Tulobln and that the rajah of Ptnl. who was kidnap ed some time ago, had been poisoned. The rajah of Tulobln, too Is to be kid naped as was the other rejah in order to compel him to sign a document by which he abandons his right to the kingdom of Slam. Intense Indignation prevails among the Malays. Catarrh Is a constitutional disease. It originates In a scrofulous condition ot the blood and depends on that condition. It often causes headache and dizziness, Impairs the taste, smell and hearing, af fects the vocal organs, disturbs the stomach. It Is always radically and permanently cured by the blood-purifying, alterative and toulc action of Hood's Sarsaparilla This great medicine has wrought the most wonderful cures of all diseases depending on scrofula or the scrofulous habit. Hood's Pills are the beet cathartic. RIPAM The symptoms of my trouble were, the day before they came on I would have a bad taste In my mouth, my head all etopped up so I would hardly breathe and there would be a severe neuralgic headache for twenty-four hours. This would happen every seven days, and the pain was something ter- i rible. Of all this I am now relieved, j I found no permanent cure until I tried Rlpans Tabules as the direc tions called for. Now I am positive that 1 am permanently cured. At druggistn The Ftv«-C«nt package Is enough for an ordinary occasion. Tho family i bottle, 80 cents, costains a supply for a year. NOTICE! —OWING TO— The Great Demand FOR— CORONA COAL unscrupulous dealers have sold Corona to their patrons and delivered Inferior coal Instead, and for the protection of i.„ose who wish Corona Coal we will from time to time publish In this paper those who have our coal for sale. At the present time our Corona Coal can be purchased only from WALKER St CO., 'phones 275. 2620 5th avenue. CORONA COAL AND IRON CO. Pennyroyal pills OrlflmT and Only Genuine. i^.7W.NHAFE. a.war. reliable. Udla*. uk Orirtirt f fl rSW CHICHKKTKK S ENGLISH iu HP.n and Cioltl metallic boxes. sealed E* wilts blue ribbon. Take no other. Rrfueo If! Dangerous bubet It utlone and Iioita I JJT tlone. Pay nf yenr Druggist, er wed 4*. lo I *o Portictimre. Tcntlnaonlala V P aod “Relief r?» I.uilira,” in Uttar, by re* ff tura MnIL 10.OnO 1 r»iinH>ntaJ«. JU>i l by va all DraggUU. t hlrbcater t licmlcul Ca. Mnimans.mw rau^~

CULL FOR TUPS STOPS DISORDER Strike Region Comparatively free of Lawlessness TWO BROTHERS SOOT DOWN Were Ambushed Wh.ie Going Along a Road—One Is Thought to Be Fatally Wounded—Trouble at Lebanon. Scranton, Pa., September 23.—The call ing out of the Thirteenth regiment had a quieting effect upon the riotous strikers and today was comparatively free from lawlessness. The only serlQus affairs today occurred at Oliphant, a short distance from the camp of the soldiers, an hour after their arrival. Two brothers, Bert and Charles Lundon of Jefferson township, while on their way to work at the Temple com pany’s LackaVanna colliery, were am bushed- erfd shot down In the road. Bert is p/obably fatally wounded. The other received only a flesh wound and will re cover. Two non-union foreigners, em ployed at the Grassy Island washery, near Oliphant station, were on their way to work today and in passing the camp of the newly arrived regiment, got into an altercation with the soldiers and were seriously drubbed. The affair was re ported to Colonel Watres and the offend ing soldiers will be courtmartialed. Small groups of strikers and women of the neighborhood stood about the camp all day but made no show of hostility. Brigadier General Gobln and several members of his staff came up from Shen andoah this afternoon and spent three hours In conference with Colonel Watres and other officers of the Thirteenth regi ment. It was decided to keep the com panies of the regiment together in camp and send out detachments as occasion warranted, instead of stationing detach ments permanently at different points. The calling out of the troops had no apparent effect on the strike situation proper. No new collieries opened up and the companies reported that there was practically no change. They expect, however, that with protection assured many men will return to work. Troops Sent to Leoanon. HarrlBburg, Pa., September 23.—General Gobin, who la In charge of the troops In the hard coal strike region, was or dered tonight to send the First batal 1 lion of the One Hundredth and Twenty eighth regiment to Lebanon to assist the Hherlff in preserving the peace where the Iron and steel work ere of the Ameri can Iron and Steel Manufacturing com pany have been no Btrike for nearly live I months. The batallion. which has been J on duty at Shenandoah ever since the I troops were sent there, reached Lebanon j shortly before 8 o’clock. A delegation from Lebanon called upon I the governor today and requested that troops be sent to that city where riot ing occurred last evening among the strikers. After consultation with Adju tant General Stewart and Attorney Gen eral Elkin the governor ordered General Gobin to Bend the First batallion of the One Hundredth and Twenty-eighth regi ment to the relief of the sheriff. The men went on strike on May 6. The pud lers asked for an advance In wages from $4 to $4.50 a ton, but the company was willing to grant only $4.25. This compro mise was refused by the workers. The strikers at that time numbered about 1000 men and 2000 other employes were af fected by the Idleness of the mflla. A few weeks ago the company started up sever all of its rolling mills with non-union men, all of whom were negroes taken there principally from the south. The presence of the colored men greatly ex cited the strikers and there has been more or less disturbances since. Moro Troops Wantad. HarrlBburg, Pa., September 23.—A tele gram was received in Harrisburg early this morning from Sheriff Jacobs of Lu zerne county, asking Governor Stone for troops. In his telegram to the governor the sheriff says he is unable to cope with the situation. No action was taken on the request to night, and it Is understood the gover nor will Investigate the conditions as they exist In the vicinity of Wllkesbarre before sending troops. ISSUES $2000 BOND8. East Lake City Council Takes Action Last Night. A special meeting of the city council of East Lake was held last night for th9 purpose of considering the issuance of $2000 of bonds, creating thereby a general lnbedtedness of $20,000. This amount will make the full amount which by a special act of the legislature some years ago the council was author ized to Issue. Up to the present time $18, 000 of bonds have been Issued and used for school purposes. The new Issue will bo placed In the general fund of the city. A proposition was made by a company to take up the Issue. To this a counter proposition was made by the city, and the matter was then passed until a reply to the city's answer can be secured. As successor to Alderman W. J. Hales of the First ward, B. F. Winston was elected. Mr. Hales had resigned at a re cent meeting of the council. The next meeting of the council will be called as soon as the bond agent Is able to pre sent his answer to the city's proposition. VETERANS ELECT OFFICERS. Col. M. E. Urell of Washington Made Commander-In-Chief. Detroit, September 23.—At the session on board a river steamer today, the fol lowing officers were elected by the Span ish-American war veterans: Commander-in-chief, Col. M. E. Urell, Washington, D. C. Senor vice commander-ln-chief, Champ S. Andrews, New York. Judge advocate general, Capt. Hamilton Ward, Jr., Buffalo. Inspector general, I. N. Kenny, Bay City, Mich. Chaplain general, the Rev. Father W. H. I. Reany, U. 8. N. (Re-elected.) Surgeon general Dr. Lewis Livingston, Seman. New York. Sponsor* Miss Clara Barton, Glenn Echo, Md., re-elected by acclamation. CASES AGAINST BALLOU AND HICKS NOL PROSSED The cases against J. H. Ballou, the Baltimore negro lawyer, and Will Hicks of this city, the two negroes who had an altercation In the Shiloh Baptist church, which is said to have caused the stampede which resulted in the death of over a hundred negroes, came up before Judge Feagln yesterday and was nol prossed. The Rev, W. R. Pettiford and the Rev. T. W. Walker told the court that it would be better for the cases to be nol prossed owing 'to* the fact that It would cause dissention among the negro Bap tists, not only In Birmingham, but In the entire Union. Both Ballou and Hicks were charged with disturbing pub lic worship and an affray. Mr. Weaver and T. Q. Bwing, a negro lawyer of Nashville, appeared for Ballou, and Mr. Hugh Morrow for Hicks. Judge Feagln was of the opinion that a thorough investigation would be best, but owing to the strong appeals of these ministers the cases were nol prossed. ALL OF THE DEAD HAVE BEEN BURIED LAST FEW FUNERALS WERE CON DUCTED YESTERDAY—INJURED ARE IMPROVING AND ALL WILL PROBABLY RECOVER. All the dead from last Friday night's panic at the Shiloh Baptist church have been Interred. The last few funerals were conducted yesterday afternoon. The In jured are Improving rapidly with one exception and all will probably recover. All the Injured at St. Vincent's are do ing well, while all at Hillman hospital have recovered except two, both of whom are expected to finally get well. Josle Ford, one of the Injured, became a raving 1 maniac and had to be restrained for some time. She Is Improving now and may regain her normal senses. The work of securing funds for the re lief of the sufferings of those left unpro tected and those yet 111 and paying the expenses of the funerals of those dead whose relatives were unable to pay for them Is In the hands of a committee of which Dr. W. R. Pottlford Is chairman. The members of this committee have In their possessions all funds contributed and are using their best Judgment as to the care of those for whom It was sub scribed. The contributions received yesterday are as follows: Previously reported .$332.71 Employes of Empire Landry. 25.00 George Griffin 25.00 Dr. Samuel IJllman 2.00 Mr. Shearer 1.00 Frank McCree 2.50 Joe Bryan 100 Jeff Lowe 1.00 George Sample 1.00 R. T. Walker 1.00 J. B. Tarry 1.00 W. E. Tinker 1.00 Joe Johnson .25 Sylvester Pace 25 Robert Whistler.. -25 James Halsey .25 B. H. Harris.25 W. H. Broadnax -25 Total -.$370.71 The last thirteen names In the above list are those of barbers and other em ployes of Frank MeCree's barber shop. RECORD OF COURTS. In the first division of the criminal court yesterday Fayette Odom, a white man, charged with assault with intent to murder Howard Smith, was tried before Judge Samuel Green. He proved an alibi and was acquitted. In the second division of the eourt Judge Dan Greene presided. Albert and Ella Gibson were tried on the charge of assault and battery. Albert was acquitted while Ella was found guilty and lined $1 Felder Gilbert was found guilty on the charge of assault and battery with a weapon and fined $5. C. F. Helton was acquitted of a charge of carrying concealed weapons. C. H. Cole was acquitted of the same charge. In the circuit Judge A. A. Coleman Is sued an order closing Twenty-first street In front of the courthouse during the hours of court. This order was similar to that Issued at the last term of court, and Is Issued because of the noise made by wagons passing over the vitrified brick pavement. In that court Mrs. R. J. Osborn, admin istratrix, filed a suit against the Louis ville and Nashville Railroad company on account of the death of A. M. Osborn. She wants damages to the amount of $25, 000. Lee Jones, In the same court, filed a suit against B. L. Leatherwood tor $5000 dam ages, alleging false prosecution and false arrest without probable cause. Jim Sanders filed a suit for $3000 dam ages against E. H. Lopez, \V. s. Winters and J. E. Rogers, doing business as the Standard Brick company. He alleges he was thrown from a cart and severely In jured while employed by the defendants. In the city court Saliie Kendricks filed a suit against the Louisville and Nash ville Railroad company for $10,000 dam ages. She alleges she was injured while getting on a train cf the defendant com pany. Charlie Kendrick filed a cult for $5000 damages, making the same allega tions. N. J. Graham filed a suit against the Sloes-tihcffleid Steei and Iron company for $2000 damages. He alleges he was in jured while employed by the company as a miner in a mine at No. 5 Newfound. UULLLHJHUtS SHtLUON OFF STATE TICKET Continued from First Page) stories current, whether true or not. would prove disadvantageous to the beat interests of the party. Later Mr. Sheldon gave out the follow ing letter: “Hon. Thomas C. Platt. “My Dear Sir: I became a candidate for lieutenant governor on the republican state ticket at the request of the party. It was with great reluctance that 1 con sented to leave my private affairs for public office and the position which I have always enjoyed as a worker In the j ranks, but since my candidacy was an nounced there have been attacks made upon my business, which, while admitting it to be honorable, claim that it can be misrepresented and an injury to the tick et. I entered this canvass in the belief that I might be of some benefit to the party of which 1 have always been an ardent supporter and to life long friends, but I am unwilling to remain for an hour in the field if there is a doubt anywhere In our own household. “Thanking you. my dear senator, for your cordial support and other evidence of a friendship of many years, which I value more than any office, I beg that you will permit me to decline any fur ther consideration of my name before this convention. Faithfully yours, “GEORGE R. SHELDON*” REPUBLICANS TO NAME CANDIDATE CONVENTION OF THE NINTH CON GRESSIONAL DISTRICT TO MEET TODAY IN MAGNOLIA HALL TO SELECT NOMINEE. The republican congressional convention of the Ninth district meets today in Mag- j nolia hall at 12 o’clock. The prtncapal bus iness to be transacted is the nomination of a candidate for congress from this district to oppose Congressman O. W. Underwood. It is not known who will be the nominee, but the sentiment seems to be divided between Erskine Ramsay and J. Carter Cooke. Some doubt is ex pressed as to whether Mr. Ramsey will accept the nomination. Many express the opinion that his business interests would prohibit him from making as active a race as the republicans claim they intend making in this district. There also seems to be doubt of Mr. Cook considering the nomination favorably. He has been se lected as manager of the republican cam paign in Alabama, which he has accepted, and it is thought by soma that his taking charge of the campaign Indicates that he will not be a congressional candidate. Mr. Cooke when seen last night refused to state whether he would accept the nomination for congress if tendered him. He stated, however, that he had agreed to manage the republican state cam paign, and that headquarters would be opened tomorrow in the Hillman hotel, and that an active campaign would be inaugurated at once. Following are the delegates to the con vention today from Jefferson County: Delegates—Alonzo Reed, R. T. Wells, Erskine Ramsey, George S. Lee, D. N. Smith, J. Rivera Carter, W. H. Sandifer, Fred Dimmlck, T. A. Aldrich, A. W. Ful gham, A. H. Carpenter, Alex. Wilson, James Bowron, Dr. G. R. Lewis, William Snyder. Alternates—J. W. Reed, S. D. Harris, C. H. Gallagher, C. J. Linn, A. S. Lead der, W. H. Hassenger, J. C. Miller, J. C. Delta, W. L. Murdock, J. M. Thompson, Dr. A. N. Ballard, J. H. Conley, B. Rig gins, 8. H. Andrews, Thomas Brown. INDUSTRIAL NEWS. President E. J. Bryan of the Ensley plow plant stated yesterday that owing to a lack of sufficient capital and owing also to the necessity for re-organizatlon, his company had decided to close down until June 1, 1903. Engineers are running lines on the property of the Valley Iron company, In DeKalb county, for the purpose of locat ing a site for the company's projected blast furnace. The work of construction will be commenced before the end of the year, and it will be pushed as rapidly as possible. James Bowron, chairman or the board of directors, says that about a year and a half will be required In build ing the furnace. Charles E. Bowron, who has been elected general superintendent of the Valley Iron company, will enter upon his duties October 1. He has been filling the position of chler engineer at the Alabama Consolidated Coal add Iron company. The Eureka Paint company, recently chartered under the laws of New Jersy, has for Its Incorporators John C. Brain of Birmingham, George W. Rowland of New York, James Brown of New York, John H. Shipley of Baltimore, James P. ..-urphy of Boston and Thomag G. Smith of Boston. The authorized capitalization Is $5,000,000. The company owns patents for the manufacture of paint from hot blast furnace slag. It is said to be the purpose of the projectors to locate their plant In the Birmingham district. The Davis Creek Coal and Coke com pany expended large capital In develop ing Its coal mines near Abernant, In Tuscaloosa county. The Louisville and Nashville has completed a branch road to the mines and the Davis Creek com pany will begin shipping coal next month. The output will be about 500 tons a day at the start, but equipment has been Installed for a run of 1000 tons a day. The company will probably build 100 coke ovens next spring. HUILL Annl VALi>, Florence Hotel Arrivals—ST. T. Baptist, Selma; C. S. Ragland, Chicago; W. A. Hammond. Florence; W. G. Christ, Mem phis; E. M. Panllr, D. G. Dent. Chat tanooga; H. C. Harper, East Liverpool; J. T. Wiley, Atlanta; W. C. Schroder, Chicago; J. S. McKee. Memphis; John S. Turner, Alabama; James L. Herring, Ashvllle; W. A. Scarbrough, Anniston; H. A. Wilson. Lenox; W. H. Barker, Cln clnna; Mrs. W. II. Spaull, Brookwood; George K. Kearl, Greensboro; F. W. Carlisle, Opelika; W. P. Jennings, Lynch burg; J. L. Burke, Warner; E. R. Collins, Anniston; A. E. Youngs, Youngs. Ala; G. W. Feathurskln, Cedartown, Ga.; C. Pinkerton, Chattanooga: J. II. Hlngblll, North Carolina; G. W. Fowler, Louis ville; Q. A. Blair, Marlon; H. G. Ashley, Ashvllle. N. C.; Ed Krumpt. Sam Stckel, Maine Show; T. W. White. Chattanooga. DARING HOLD-UP. Woman Stopped On Streets of Chicago and Relieved of Jewelry. Chicago, September 23.—One of the most daring hold-ups recorded In this city in many a day occurred today on Stato street, Near VanBuren. Mrs. Upham, an aunt of Fred W. Upham, president of the board of re view of the American Trotting asso ciation, had been doing some shopping in some of the big stores on State street, and as she was walking along that street she was stopped by a gang of six men, who appropriated a hand some diamond brooch and about $50 in cash. Before any could Interfere the robbers escaped. _. e SOUTHERN RAILWAY BUYS 100 ACRES PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT NORTH BIRMINGHAM AND WILL BE USED FOR TERMINAL FACILI TIES. t The Southern Railway company has ac quired 120 acres of land at North Bir mingham, near the old race track or Ensley, for development purposes. The company Is now switching much of Its through freight at North Birming ham and within the next few months nearly all of Its through trains will be handled there. The three miles tracks In use are built on the original right of way and additional tracks to cover two miles have been authorized. With thlz new work completed all the original right of way will have been utilized. Supt C. S. Hayden says that five miles of track will be about ample for present necessi ties, but that the newly acquired proper ty will be needed for extensions later on. There Is talk of moving the Southern shops from Avondale to North Birming ham, but Mr. Hayden says he cannot see any good reason for a change of location, but not being Informed as to the com pany's plans for the future, he would not venture a prediction as to what might be Sone In the matter of shops by and by. The Southern’s North Birmingham switching is relieving the congestion In the local yards and Is making a decided Improvement, officials of the company say, In the traffic situation here. AN OPERATION FORCES ROOSEVELT TO ABANDON HIS WESTERN TRIP (Continued from First Page) the club facing the monument, where he made a short speech In good clear voice and seemed to be the last person In the world who would be supposed to be suf» ferlng from any physical ailment. lie then retired within one of the rooms of the club and the active part of carrying out the change in the programme was begun.. Secretary Cortelyou called Colonel Har rison and requested him to notify the members of the reception committee In the dining room, and the club that flic President would not be escorted to the de pot. The colonel carried out the reqest. replying to questions that the President was resting or that it had been decided to take him away from the carriage without a formal escort. The orders were given to the captains of the militia and the heads of the police and at 3.16, everything being In readiness, the dash to the hospital was made. Immediately preceding the start to the hospital the newspaper correspondent that accompanied the President on his special were seen to make a hasty de parture from the club and to run around the circle toward Washington street. Colonel Wilson, the private secretary of Governor Durbin, who occupied the President's carrrlage before the President came out, was asked what was the mat ter: Colonel Wilson Explains. "The President is to be taken to the hospital to be operated on and the west ern trip is abandoned," he replied, "but do not bulletin it yet." This was the first Intelligence to the local newspaper men waiting on the outside of the club. On the arrival of the party at the St. Vincent's hospital the sentinels that were promptly posted at all the entrances of the building prevented the gathering of any information of what was transpiring within and It was only by dint of ques tioning Colonel Harrison or others who from time to time came out on the steps of the hospital that any knowledge could be gleaned of what was happening. As goon as the party entered the building they were taken Into one of the reception rooms near the entrance. Here the Presi dent sat down for a little time while Drs. Oliver and Cook were completing their preparations In the operating room on the next floor. The President chatted cheerily and laughed at the serious coun tenances around him. In a short time the doctors came for him and he was taken up In the elevator and made to recline on the operating table. The only ones outside of the doctors who were present at the operation were Secretary Root and Private Secretaries Cortelyou and Loeb. The operation was simple and was skillfully performed in a few minutes. PRESIDENT DOINo. WELL. Wound Shows No III Effects From the Short Trip. Richmond. Ind., September 23.—Presi dent Roosevelt's train arrived here at S:to p. m. The President was resting- easily, and the wound on his leg showed no ill effects from the short trip from the hos pital to the train at Indianapolis. On the contrary the President suffered less pain than he has for several days. He passed the time during the run here In reading. He Is cheerful and Is lying In bed with his leg propped up on a pillow. The train: will run on a slow schedule, making about thirty miles an hour, and la due to ar rive In AVushlngton at 6:30 o’clock tomor row evening. He will be taken to 22 Jack son Place, where the temporary executive offices are located. It was learned tonight that the deter mination to abandon the trip was reached yesterday, and notices to this effect were sent out last night fro De troit and today from Indianapolis to those Interested In the places the President was to visit. The President did not speak to Dr. Lung, his official physician, of the pain In hla leg until a few days ago. Yesterday the pain became so Intense that It was decided to take no further risks by continuing the trip. NOT SERIOUS, SAYS DOCTOR. Believes There Is No Further Cause for Apprehension. Indianapolis, Ind., September 23.—Dr. George H. Oliver was very reticent to night about the operation, but made the following statement during the evening: "The operation was performed success fully, but It really was not a serious one. Tlie fear was that If the serum had been allowed to remain blood poisoning might set In, but I believe there Is no further cause for apprehension. The swelling In the President's leg was about as big us the open hand laid on the leg. The operation only took a shprt time and In no way affected The physical condition of the President. He is just the same today as any other well man, outside of the sore place on his leg.” Senator Beveridge wes seen shortly af ter the operation. He was In good hu mor and said that everything was all right. "A man like the President Is not easi ly Invalided,” said ,.e. "But he was forced Into this. It would not do to take any chances. Mr. Roosevelt Is to day a rugged, hearty man with a sore leg—that’s all there Is to It.” Mystery In Washington. i Washington, September 23. —tSpeclal.j— According to the generally expressed view In Washington considerable mystery surroundB the postponement of the Pres ident’s northwestern trip. It was not known that he had suffered in the Pitts field accident any Injury beyond a few facial scratches, and the sudden appear ance of an abscess without the initial stages yet In a condition requiring im mediate operation, naturally creates something of a surprise. It would also be presumed that he would go to Oyster Bay Instead of coming here. The white house Is not ready for occupancy and he will be compelled to use the cramped temporary quarters when he arrives to morrow afternoon. Mrs. Roosevelt Notified. Oyster Bay, N. Y., September 23.—The first news of the Indisposition of Presi dent Roosevelt bulletined here came as a rumor from New York. Shortly after wards the President's office received the statement of Secretary Cortelyou and at the same time a telegram was received for Mrs. Roosevelt. She was absent from home at the time and did not return until almost dark. The message assured her there was nothing alarming about the operation. Mrs. Roosevelt was later kept Informed as to her husband's con dition. When Mrs. Roosevelt received word that the President had left Indianapolis for Washington she definitely decided to go to Washington tomorrow, probably leaving on the 10 o'clock tiain. She will take her daughter Ethel and her young est boy Quinton with her. ITALIANS HAVE FINE PARADE. After Marching Through the Streets They Hold Reception. The Italian society's parade yesterday was headed by a squad of police on horseback and followed by Memoirs band and the society, sixty in number, who appeared in their new uniforms. Mayor Drennen and board of aldermen brought up the rear. A reception and ball was given at Red Men's hall last night, and was well at tended, there being a large number of visiting Italians present. $15.55—ROUND TRIP—$15.55. Birmingham to Washington, D. C., and Return Via Southern Railway. Account G. A. R. reunion. Southern railway will sell tickets to Washington and return October S, 4, 5 and 6, limited to October 15, at very low rates. By de positing tickets with Joint agent not later than noon October 16, and on payment of fee of fifty cents, extension final return limit to November 3 may be obtained. Stop overs both going and returning. Double dally trains. Through Pullman sleeping cars from Birmingham without change. For sleeping car accommoda tions and detailed Information apply Southern railway passenger office, Morris hotel building. J. C. Lusk, District Pas senger Agent 8-19 to 10-8 EWSECOND DAY OF OOO OPENING.; Call today if you failed to come yesterday-—or better still, come again today! These Specials for you to look nva 7/go Pair. Children’s fast black ribbed school Hose, two pairs for 15c 4c Skein. HEMINWAY Art Silks opening day. This is the best. No other in Birming ham equals this silk. 98 Cents. Sateen Petticoats in black figured or plain, two ruffles and flounce. $1.00 Each. The very popular steel beaded Chatelaine Bag, largo or small. 25 Cents. Tidies, all fast colors, 72-inch; open ing price 25c. $2.25 Each. Choice opening days of our $4.00 very fine Damask Bed Spreads. $1.25 a Yard. 36-lnch guaranteed black Taffeta, a good value at $1.50; opening price, $1-25. At $1.00 Pair. The celebrated Clemintena Kid Glove, equal to any $1.60 glove. 19 Cents. Choice ol ail our No. 40 Liberty j.affeta Ribbons, in all shades; open ing price, 19c. 25 Cents. Children's Union Suits, in gray rib bed fleeced knit Jersey fitting, 3 to 12 years. 49o Each. The full size leather Chatelaine Bag, black or colors, grand value. 75c Yard. Choice of pretty line new embroid ery flannels for Infants. At $1.50 Pair. The famous Fownes ladies French Kid Glove—none better at $2.50. 69c Pair. Ladies' genuine French Kid Gloves, Caheen’s $1.00 Special, all shades and sizes; opening, 69c. At 10 Cents. Our regular 15c fine ribbed black Hose for school children; opening price, 10c pair. Great Showing of Ready*to-Wear Garments and Millinery. Second Avenue Near Twentieth Street. EXTREME REDUCTION IN RATES TO NEW YORK AND WASHINGTON, 0. C. VIA SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILWAY Account of the NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT G. A. R. Tickets on sale at following rates from all points Wash- New Wash- New From Ington. York. From ington. York. Atlanta, Ga...$12.95 $22.95 Greenwood, S. 0.777.'..$10.45 $20.45 Athen, Ga. 12-45 22.45 Griffin, Ga. 13.85 23.85 Abbeville, S. C. 11.00 21.00 DaGrange, Ga. 14.40 24.40 BIRMINGHAM, ALA.. 15.55 25.55 Macon, Ga. 13.95 23.95 Cartersvllle, Ga. 12.95 22.95 Memphis, Tenn. 18.90 2*.90 Cedartown, Ga. 13.25 23.25 Nashville, Tenn. 15.15 25.15 Chattanooga, Tenn..., 12.95 22.95 Opelika, Ala. 16.15 25.15 Dalton, Ga. 12.95 22.95 Rome, Ga. 12,95 22.95 Elberton, Ga,,. N. 12.10 22.10 Thomaston, Ga. 14.50 24.50 1 Cheapest Rates Ever Made To The j e:a s t. TICKETS ON SALE October 3d, 4th, 5th, 6th, good returning until October 15th, with privilege of extending the tickets to Washington to Nov. 3d, by depositing tickets with Joint Agent at Washington upon payment fee 50 cents. STOP-OVERS PERMITTED Double Daily Trains to Washington and New York, with Pullman Drawing room Sleepers and Handsome Coaches, CAFE DINING CARS. For tickets, reservation sleeper accommodations, etc., call on nearest Ticket Agent, or address any Passenger Representative. SEABOARD A9R LINE RAILWAY. C. B. RYAN, W. E. CHRISTIAN, G. P. A., Portsmouth, Va. A. G. f. A., Atlanta, Ga. DEAD BODY OF DETECTIYE FOUND CORPSE OF JAMES W. STOREY 18 DISCOVERED IN BRUSH PILE NEAR LUMBER CAMPS, NORTH WEST OF FLOMATON. Brewton, September 23— (Special)—New* has reached here of the finding of the dead body of James W. Storey, a detec tive, In a brush pile near the camps of the Alger-Sulllvan Lumber company, eighteen miles northwest of Flomaton. He was seen last at the camps on Satur day, and It Is supposed was murdered that night and the perpetrators of the crime made good their escape. The discovery was made yesterday by a searching party who had missed their companion since early Saturday evening and who feared that he had met with foul play. The sheriff and deputies left for the scene this morning. For the past two or three weeks Storey had been employed by Sheriff Raley and United States Mar shal Ball to work up some cases of Illegal selling of liquor In the western portion of this county. FALL OPENING. Varied and Beautiful Stocks of Dr) Goods and Millinery. This Is the week for the fall open lngs, and all the leading dry goods and millinery firms announce brilliant dis plays and splendid bargains for today. Caheen Bros, began their opening yesterday and will continue their dis play today. Regardless of weather every woman of fashion will turn out and pass upon the varied and beautiful stocks. New Contributions to Home. Montgomery, September 23.—(Speelal.) Contrlbutlons to the Confederate home ai Mountain Creek, in response to the appbai of General Torrance, now foot up $457.50. Most of It has come In small amounts, and from persons well distributed over the country. The most notable single con tributions are those of Gen. Dan Sickles for $50 and a contribution of $100 from Uzal Dodd Post of Orange. N. J. It was unanimously voted by the poslgln special^ session. §i

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Another Shipment Of the Celebrated ...DUNLAP HATS... Just received. “Whatever comes from K. G. is Korrect and Good.” Klolz k Goldman, MOVING Will be In our new store, 2018 First avenue, in few days. Time to buy hulbs. AMZI GODDEN CO, Seed Merchants. SELMA Grand Jury Makes Partial Report, Re- j turning Seventeen True Bills. Selma, September 23.—(Special.)—The grand jury made a partial report today and returned seyenteen true bills, making sixty so far found. Among the caBes re ported as not having found any bills was that of W. R. Walker who has been in jail for about two months charged with killing Gus Steen, the negro hackman. Judge Alston issued an order for Mr. Walker’s immediate release and accord ingly he was set free. In the fall of 1897 Ed Royal and Jim Long, two well known young men of Uniontown, were going out to the home of of the latter a few miles from that city when suddenly Just as the two men stepped upon a little bridge a flash from a gun came from behind a clump of bushes and Royal fell to the ground mortally wounded. No clew as to his assassin was ever found until a few days ago when the authorities of Perry county received a communication from St. Louis stating that a negro by the name of Lewis Brown, who had been in prison for some offense had confessed to having killeu Mr. Royal. It was then recalled that Brown, who lived about four miles from Vnlontown, had disappeared just about the time of the shooting, but he had not been con nected in any way with the affair. The negro is said to have been taken ill and believing that death was near he confessed to having shot Mr. Royal and begged that he be sent back to Perry county to die. An officer left for St. Louis, and according to Douglas McCul ley. who brought the Information to Sel ma. was to have reached Marion today' with the negro. If you deckle to take Hood’s Sarsaparil la do not be induced to buy any other. Hood's and only Hood’s. We make cuts. Age-Herald Engrave Ing Co. if Yo S.e It In Fsed man's Ad—It’s So! SUPPOSE.... You don’t believe every thing you read. SUPPOSE.... Vmi don’t believe that “High Art” is the best clothing made. SUPPOSE.... You don’t know of the Iron Clad Insurance Pol icy Strouse Bro.’s is sue with every suit of “High Art” Clothing. SUPPOSE.... Y'ou don’t know that you get the same fit and finish in “High Art” Clothing as you get in the best merchant tailor’s make. SUPPOSE.... You come down and in /estigate this for yourself and find the line up to our representation. May we expect Your patronage? SUPPOSE.... You accept this invitation and call at your earliest opportunity. We shall be glad to see you and show you through. Range of Prices $12.00 to $25.00 Per Suit. If You See It In Friedman’s I Ad—It’ So! j WIN NEXT HOUSE Congressman Clayton Pleased With Present Prospects WILL MAKE A HARD FIGHT In Making a Vigorous Campaign Throughout U. S. He Says the Democrats Are Actuated By the Strongest of Motives. Montgomery, September 23.—(Special.)— Representative Henry D. Clayton of the Third district was in Montgomery today en route to his home in Eufaula from Delaware, where he has been making some speeches for the democrats. He was asked the often discussed question whether the democrats really want to win this house, and what he thought of the good policy of the party accepting the responsibility at this time. He said: “We not only want to win the house, but we are going to do it. In fighting for control of the house the democrats are actuated by the strongest motives that can move a party to seek success at the polls. If the democrats can win this year It restores the morals of tne party and makes it a stronger, more hopeful and aggressive fighting force for the struggle of 1904. It will put fire and courage Into j the rank and file all along the line. carries Kower With it. "In the second place, control of the house carries with it the power to pYo pose legislation. If the republicans agreo the country as well as the democratic party will get the benefit. If they dis agree, and they will, the issues will be drawn, and will be of the democrats’ own choosing and framing. The trust issue is preponderating, and control of the trusts carries with it tariff revision. The trustb are conspiring to lower wages, decrease production and raise prices. The claim of some of the republicans that they de sire legislation to suppress the evil, is false pretense, and democratic control of the house will expose the hypocrisy of the republican party to the people of the country. The trusts are selling their goods all over the world at lower prices than to the American consumer. Democratic tariff revision to stop this imposition will be re sisted by the opposition, and make an is sue so plain that all the people can see where their interests lie. "In the third place, democratic con trol means the power to investigate the rottenness of the republican administra tion in more departments than one. The Spanish war rottenness can be exposed, all the extravagance and corruption which has been disgracing the govern ment, and which has been smothered. There are committees of the house, such as those on expenditures in the postof flce department and the navy, which have been dead letters. Resolutions are introduced by democrats and that is tho last of them. As to the Star Route Frauds. "It was a democratic investigation wTilch years ago exposed the postoftice star route frauds, and the democrats will have more like it, and again get up the issue of turn the rascals out. These committees will be revitalized and given something to do and will do it. here is plenty of W'ork for the dem ocrats if they can get the house. This work will not only of itself benefit the country, but the democrats will be able to lay down the lines of battle for the next campaign, and shape the great issues on the trusts and tariff reform." Mr. Clayton has no opposition as yet in his district, and there will be none of such proportions as to disturb him. He stopped at headquarters in Washing ton and comes back fully convinced that democratic victory is coming. ENSLEY. Mayor and Board of Aldermen Raise Tax on Trading Stamps. Ensley, September 23.—(Special.)— j A special meeting of the mayor and board of aldermen was held tonight in the council chamber at the city hall, at which the order of special business j i was concerning the trading stamp I men who were desirous of doing busi- j ness at Ensley. The license was raised i to $1000 per year, and was adopted unanimously. A vote of thanks was extended to me mayor and board of j aldermen for their speedy action by the merchants ci the city, who were much interested in the fixing of this license. The Tennessee Coal, Iron and Rail road company are making preparations for the erection of their immense elec tric power plant, from which will be generated power for all the plants, lighting of their mines, furnaces, etc. The large plat ol' ground is being graded for this plant at the south end of the steel mill, near No. 4 slope, and will be in operation as soon as com pleted, as work is being pushed rap idly. W. T. Terry and ,T. M. Perkins have opened a real estate and insurance office in the building formerly occupied by W. A. Humphries. Mr. Terry was formerly with the firm of Terry Co., and Mr. Perkins was with the com pany of Perkins Hudnall, and both are prominent in Ensley's business world. .no millinery parlors of Mrs. M. L. Martin will open tomorrow at Nine j teenth street, with a pretty line of j millinery. Mrs. Martin will he assisted by Misses Bella Lees, and Mabie Ran dall. tuscaLoosa Two Negroes Arrested Suspected of Having Stolen Horses. Tuscaloosa, September 23.—(Special.)— Yesterday Sheriff Kyle arrested two ne groes, Emmett James and Buster Davis, from Mathews, Ala. They had started to Mississippi on the Columbus road, when they were suspected of having stolen the horses which they were riding. A reply received to a telegram sent by Sheriff Kyle stated that they were both residents of Mathews. James formerly resided In San Francisco and Davis in Birmingham. No news as to the horses has yet been heard but they are being held until they can give proof of their Innocence. A. Allison, who has been Inspector for the Southern Weighing and Inspection bureau, has resigned his position and gone to Birmingham, where he has ac cepted a position in the freight office of the Southern railroad. The Alabama Central Female college will begin its fall term tomorrow. A number of students and teachers have al- ready arrived and other* are coining in on evesy train. Among the teachers who arrived last evening are Prof. J. P. Lude buehl of Pittsburg, Miss Lula Jones of Camden, Miss Clara Cox of Carrollton, Miss Mamie Buiock of Livingston and Hattio May Porter of Florida. Among the students were Mias Mary Will and Miss Ethel Dent of Waverly, Miss Addle Cox of Carrollton and Miss Mitchell of Opelika Mr. A. E. Perkins, who for some time past has filled the position as clerk in the Mobile and Ohio trainmaster’s office here, left yesterday for Cairo, 111., where he has accepted a position in the superin tendent’s office. The primary election Is to be held here at the court house on September 26. The polls will be open from 8 a. m. to 7 p. m. and the rules governing the state demo* cratic primary will be followed. The managers will be: Hugh Prince, A. Holczstein and William- B. Oliver. The clerks are A. C. Robinson and Jesse Max well. The funeral of Knssongo. the young Af rican prince, who was killed at Birming ham in the stampede Friday evening, took place In the Colored Presbyterian church here this afternoon at 4 o’clock, the services being conducted by the Rev. John Van Lear, S. Phillips Verner and Pastor Morrow of the church. It is stated that Mr. Verner Intends to take the body back with him when he returns to Africa. FLORENCE City Schools and Kindergarten Open With Bright Prospects. Florence, September 23.—(Special.)—The city schools and the kindergarten opened yesterday for th*» enrollment of pupils. Florence has three public schools—two white and one. colored, and the superin tendent expects to have enrolled by the end of the week something over 700 chil dren! The kindergarten can acomodate forty children. The teachers who com pose the faculty are: H. C. Gilbert, Miss Virginia Booth, Miss Sarah Hooper. Miss Ada Coffee, Miss Marie Watson, Mrs. R. L. Morvell. Miss Jennie Jackson and Miss Mary Milner, C. P. Anderson, Miss Lillian Kerby, Miss Annie Hayes, Miss Tillie Lindsay, Mrs. Elite Sherrod and Mss Maud Lndsay in charge of the kin dergarten. Samuel J. Bowen, who has been a resi dent of Florence and vicinity for thirty four years, died Sunday afternoon at his home on Tennessee street and was buried today in the Florence cemetery. He fell from a wagon several days ago and sustained injuries which, it is supposed, cause his death. He was 64 years old and a Knight of Plthlas. QUESTION THE NOMINATION. Some Republicans Doubt Regularity of Sternfeld’s Selection. Montgomery, September 23.—(Special.)— Leading republicans here are denying the regularity of the nomination of Julius Sternfeld for congress in the Sec ond, or Montgomery, district against Col. A. A. Wiley. During the state con vention at Birmingham the announce ment was made on what was taken to be good authority, and there seems really to have been some action by the dele gates from the district on the subject. The claim is now that It was not a nomination, and that In due time it la proposed to have a regular convention and put out some one who will go Into the fight to win, or rather to try and win. It will be recalled that Mr. Stern feld, at the time, expressed his indispo sition to oppose so close a friend as Col onel Wiley, who had really been a bene factor to him In politics. The local re publicans do not regard his nomination as in any way a serious opposition to Colonel Wiley, and hence their refusal to ratify what they claim was a mere informality. Captain Maull Laid to Rest. Montgomery, September 23.—(Special.)— The funeral of Capt. Fox Maull this at*, ternoon was largely attended, especially by the old Confederate veterans, among whom he was popular. He was one of a famous band of Confederate prisoners who escaped from the prison at Erie by tunnelling under the walls. One of his daughters is Mrs. Gilmer Weatherly of Montgomery. Stallings a Fine Farmer. Montgomery, September 23.—(Special.)— Hon. Jesse Stallings, who carries on law and politics as side issues, but whose real business Is running his 5000-acre farm In Butler county, has beat the record this year, and made all other farmers in this drouth-stricken region seem small. He rents out all his land but 90 acres of red clay, and on this re serve he will make this season sixty bales of cotton and 600 bushels of corn. Tax Values Have Increased. Montgomery. September 23.—(Special.)— The final returns of the tax assessor of Montgomery county are In the auditor s office and show an Increase of $640,355. The total values In this country are now $21,211,939. Other counties are showing up with similar increases. HACKING. That word hacking is expressive to hose who have experienced the aggra "tting constant cough, which is called a sacking cough. Sometimes it is the ssult of a cold, or of grip, and some :mes it is a consequence of catarrh. wmui uuoucv. ikcu has gradually In volved the lungs in disease. Such a cough finds its cure in Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery which cures bronchitis, obstinate coughs, lung disease, hem orrhage, aud con ditions which, L if neglected or un f skilfully treated, lead to consnmptlon. N For twelve years I was a sufferer from i catarrh aud wan treat physician* in the State of North Carolina, who an id tlie trouble had readied my lungs." write* Mr. I M Patton, of Clotho. Transylvania Co., N C. 1 grew worse every day uutil I tried Dr, Pierce's medicine*. Will say Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery with one bottle of Dr. Sage's Calnrrh Remedy cured me, and to-day I ant well and heatty, and I will say further that my fanner physician, Dr. TV. M. Lyday, recom mends Dr. Pierce's medicines to me and to others. I am sure your medicines will cure any case of catarrh thai exists. I recommend them to all.’* If you ask your dealer for "Golden Medical Discovery” because you have confidence in its cures, do not allow yourself to be switched off to a medicine claimed to be "just as good," but which von did not. ask for and of which yon know nothing. Dr. Pierce's Common Senoe Medical Adviser is sent free on receipt of stamps to pay expense of mailing only. Send 21 one-cent stamps for the paper covered book, or 3! stamps for the cloth-bound volume. Address Dr. It, V. Pierce, Buf falo, N, Y. To Our Friends and the Public: We beg to return our heartfelt thanks to the good people of this city for the many kind expressions of friendly sympathy and confidence, both personally and in a business way, that have come to us in our great misfor tune of Monday night. We desire to announce that while we have not yet se cured new quarters, we will do so at once, and will reopen within the next ten or fifteen days with an entirely new stock of everything in our line, having already reordered by wire. We will announce new location later. In the meantime our office is located at 108 North Nineteenth Street, where we will be pleased to see our friends. LOUIS SAKS, THE CLOTHIER. GADSDEN Members of Three or Four Parties Put Out Ticket in Etowah. Gadsden, September 23.—(Special.)—The independents, populists, republicans, anti stock law advocates met at the court house here Saturday at 11 o’clock and proceeded to put out a ticket. Tip Nichol son. who has formerly been a democrat, and recently Joined the republicans, was made chairman, and W. S. Griffith, re publican. and Dr. J. A. Hurst, populist, were made secretaries. The anti-stock law people and republican had both called a meeting for the same date and place, and they merged It into a mass meeting. Several speeches were made, the most vehement one being made by Nicholson, the recent convert to repub licanism, saying he did not know how' any honest man could abide by the re cent primary. A committee composed of W. B. Beeson, Dr. W. T. Coggin, C. D. Alexander, Postmaster Thomas Stephens, D. M. E. Dozier. F. H. King, L. VV. Whitt, Dr. R. A. Burns and John Helms, was appointed on order of business and i esolutions. They reported resolutions de nouncing ring rule and favoring honest elections: opposing the stock law as it now' stands and inviting all of this faith to aid in the election of the ticket. There were some 500 people in town and pos sibly 350 in the courthouse, but only 234 participated, and this, too, after the coun ty had been scoured for the past six weeks drumming up a big crowd. The ticket nominated is as follows: For representatives, C. D. Alexander and the Rev. F. M Owens; for superin tendent of education, O. B. Myrlclc; for commissioner Second district, D. W. Sturkie; Fourth district, J. B. Wash burn. Tho ticket is considered a very weak one, and the democrats anticipate no hard job to defeat it. There was a surprise wedding in town at the Printup house Sunday afternoon at 8:30, when Miles Edward Cox of At talla and Miss Mary Bellenger, daughter of W. C. Bellenger of Gadsden, were married. There was parental objections on the part of the young lady's parents, and Sunday afternoon some of the young people started out ostensibly to take a ride, but went to the Printup, where they were married, and left immediately for Cincinnati. Both are members of well known families of this county, and have many friends who wish them joy. Mr. Cox is very prominent In insurance cir cles and stands well. Articles of incorporation for the Chero kee Logging company have been filed in the probate office here. T. S. Kyle is pres ident and Joe Balfoue is the secretary and treasurer, with an authorized capital of $1000. The company is allowed to en gage in the general logging business and wood business, constructing of tram roads and railways, cutting and hauling logs with teams, drays and vehicles; manu facture of lumber and building boats and baiges to navigate the Coosa river. PRATT CITY Faculty of Public Schools Gives De lightful Reception. Pratt City, September 23.—(Spe clr.l.)—The faculty 01 the public schools gave a most delightful recep tion this evening at the home of the Rev. and Mrs. j. P. Watson, compli mentary to tne new teachers, Miss Mabel Benson, Miss Ethel Harrison and Miss Minnie Kidd. The members of the board of education and their wives, the ministers of the town, with other Invited guests, were present. The parlor and dining room were tastefully decorated with goldenrod and cut flowers. An Impromptu musi cal programme was rendered and re freshments served. The Rev. and Mrs. Watson left nothing undone to assist the teachers in making the occasion one of the most enjoyable of the sea son. The concert given at the city hall this evening by the Knights of Honor was a pronounced success and the Knights realized a neat sum for their efforts. W. H. Barnard, chief of the police department, says the ordinance pro hibiting children from entering bar j rooms will be enforced to the letter. Tins ordinance has been abused some* j what by certain citizens of the city who send their children to the foar rooms with buckets for beer, etc. Miss Kilgore of Greensboro, Ala., Is visiting her brother, Mr. Ernest Kil j gore. Ben Jeffries of Rome, Ga., was the guest of his brother, Mr. Frank Jef fries, last night and today. Miss Dora Lee, who has been visit j ing the family Oi. Mr. W. R. Lee for some time, has returned to her home at Livingston, Ala. The Rev. J. G. Johnson has closed a successful meeting at the Methodist church on Fourth street. There were about twenty-five conversions. T. S. Abernathy is having some im provements made on his residence on sample street. J. W. Wilkerson of Tennessee, a nephew of Mr. D. M. Hassler, visited in the city Sunday. Blountsville School Opens. Blountsville, September 23.—(Special.)— The ninth district agricultural school has opened with an unusually large en rollment—about seventy-five boarders and the usual home patronage. The 200 mark will soon be reached. Appointment in Pickens. Montgomery, September 23.—(Special.)— L. V. Rosslter, superintendent of edu cation of Pickens county, has resigned and Superintendent Gunnells has ap pointed W. H. Storey, the democratio nominee, to fill the vacancy. THE CHATTANOOGA ADVERTISING The Chattanooga Medicine company, with laboratories and general offices at Chattanooga, Tenn., and branch houses at St. l/ouls, Mo., and San Francisco, Cal., has become one of the largest pro prietary medicine concerns in the world. In the growth of this great business two factors have been dominant: The merit of its products—Wine of Cardui and Thedford’s Black-Draught has been widely recognized and the original ad vertising methods adopted have excited great comment. The publicity for these medicines does not consist of the catch phrase and extravagant statement, too often employed in advertising today, but instead the plain story of experience with the medicines given in the plain language of the people themselves. The following letter Is a fair sample of the thousands of Wine of Cardui testimon ials published during the past twenty years: 2068 Eastern Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio. May 2ft, 1902. T consider Wine of Cardui a most excel lent woman’s remedy. It is certainly a specific as a tonic and regulator. For eight years I suffered with female trou ble. I had Intense pain In the back and head, leaving me so weak that I was unable to stand at times. Medicine did not seem to help me. but after all reme dies had failed me Wine of Cardui proved my one great, true friend. What a re lief I experienced! It came only a few days after 1 started taking It. I used It faithfully for four months and gradu ally grew stronger and better. I am now regular to the day and for the past two years have enjoyed blessed good health. I certainly wish every sick and suffering woman could know of your blessed medi cine. how much pain and suffering it would prevent, and what a difference it would make In thousands of homes where there Is siskness and sorrow to day. if they had Wine of Cardui It would bring relief and joy Instead. MARGARET QRERNMTRK. JUDGE CAFFEE IN BUSINESS. Noted Alabamian Dealing In Rare Books In Asheville, N. C. Montgomery, September 23.—(Special.)— The friends of Judge Caffoe, state rail road commissioner, will be interested to know that he has gone into business at Asheville, N. C., where he went early in the summer for the sake of his wife’s health. He ’s in a way an antiquarian, loving old books and all things of historic value in literature and art. He has really dealt somewhat In old books for some time, and his letter-heads now bear the name of the Asheville Book and Curio company, snowing that he has carried out a purpose which he often expressed to friends here ot estauiisnlng a business of that sort in Alabama. He writes In a cheery way about it, and It seems to mean that Judge CafTee will make his home in the North Caro lina mountains when his time as railroad commissioner expires next spring. MINISTER SAW SHOOTING. Describes Killing of Two White Men In Crenshaw County. Montgomery, September 23.—(Special.)— The Rev. A. B. Metcalf of Georglana wan an eye witness to the tragedy at Platts burg, Crenshaw county, yesterday in which two white men were killed. L. E. Thompson, a boss workman In the em ploy of the Adams Bros., turpentine men, walked into Wilkes’ store and shot Jim Mills, who dropped dead as he fired back at Thompson. As Thompson ran out he shot at a man named Parrott, but missed him. Parrott returned the fire and got his man, Thompson being killed instantly. Mil's and Parrott were both employes of tho store and quiet men, and no cause i3 known for Thompson’s desire to kill th4 store men. We make cuts Half tone and lined. Age-Herald Publishing Co. y 0 This signature is on every box of the genuine Laxative BromcMJuinine Tablets vSv /Sf XyTW^^tbo remody that cures m cold In one daft ENGINES AND BOILERS. We have in stock for prompt shipment the following! ENGINES.—15 R P„ 20 R P.. 25 H. 30 R P. BOILERS 20 H. P.. 25 R P.. 30 R P. If you want Machinery of any kind, write us or come to see us, M00RE&HANDLEY HARDWARE GO. BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA. TRY IT! TRY ITI OLD HEMLOCK I—i JOED IN WOOD Never Bottled Until (6) Years Old. 75 Cents FULL QUART. FLORENCE LIQUOR STORE, 1826 Second Ave. WM. WISE <2 CO., 315 N. 19th St. “EL SIDELO” CIGARS ARE ALWAYS FIRST-CLASS IN WORKMANSHIP AND QUALITY. 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The Age-Herald fc. W. MARItKTT.Editor IIOSII C. SMITH. HualnrH Manager Dally and Sunday Age-Herald .$8.00 Dally and Sunday, per month TO Sunday Age-Herald, per annum.$ 00 Weekly Age-Herald, per annum.1.00 Subscriptions payable in advance. W. D. Bankston, M. W. Carlisle and C. H. Allen. Jr., are the only authorised traveling representatives of The Age lterald In Its circulating department. Remittances can be made by express, postoffice money order or draft at current rate of exchange. Address THE AGE-HERALD, Birmingham, Ala. Washington Bureau Age-Herald, 1421 Q Street, N. W. THE ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ALABAMA Have I not Heard the sea puff’d up with winds Rage like an angry boar chafed with sweat —Taming of the Shrew. Mr. Bowie’s Suggestion. In the Fourth district Mr. Bowie has a republican opponent, Mr. Edwards, of Talladega, and he proposes that a fair election shall be held in their dis trict. Mr. Bowie says he does not want to go back to congress if his op ponent receives one more qualified vote than he does. With that In view he has written Mr. Edwards suggesting that they sign a joint letter asking the Judge of probate, sheriff and clerk of each county to appoint for each pre cinct a republican inspector named by the republican county executive com mittee and also a democratic inspector to be named in like manner, leaving the third inspector to be selected by the three county officials themselves. If Mr. Edwards desires representa tion at the polls—if, in other words, ho de-ires to make a real race and not merely to provide himself with a basis for a contest he will accept the propo sition, and he has already expressed a willingness to join Mr. Bowie in a Joint letter. A candidate who has a man ager of his own selection at each poll ing place certainly Is in a position to know what is done, and Mr. Bowie's offer will no doubt be accepted and carried out. Mr. Bowie’s offer is timely and in accord with the new state of things, ne wants a clear title. He wants no illegal voting or counting. The Fourth district proposes to render Itself a model for the rest of the state, and if Mr. Edwards meets Mr. Bowie half way, as he now proposes to do, it is not too much to hope that not a single dishonest act will be committed in the Fourth district. Let a republican man ager be appointed in each precinct, and let all the managers be men above suspicion. The Fourth district can set the pace in honest elections, and Mr. Bowie is doing his best to see that it does. Alabama’s Big Twenty. The agricultural department has col lected statistics of rail shipments of cotton at ail points that handle 10,000 bales or over in a season. The pres ent figures relate to the crop of 1900 01, and the Alabama towns line up as follows: Bales. 1. Montgomery .142,106 2. Birmingham 75.424 3. Selma 63,747 4. Decatur 43,622 5. Anniston 42.909 6. Eufaula 29,820 7. Demopolls 24.074 8. Oplika 20,864 9. Roanoke 19,355 10. Huntsville 17,916 11. Union Springs 17,647 12. Marlon 17,322 13. Dothan 16,048 14. Unlontown 14.774 15. Greenville 13.892 16. Tuscaloosa 13,775 17. Alexander City 13.663 18. Troy 13,618 19. Eutaw 11,631 20. Cullman 11.149 This list of twenty towns, each of which shipped over 10,000 bales, rep resents actual shipments disregarding the fact of origination. Compress or concentration towns have manifestly an unfair advantage In such a table, and in such a table there may be some duplication. In Georgia there are 21 towns each of which shipped in the year 1900-01 over 10,000 bales, and in Mississippi there are 26, but in the latter there are 33 "compress” towns. In Texas there are 56. Car Famine in the South. With the regularity of the fall and winter seasons comes a car famine In the south that sadly limits business, and production, and even consumption. It cripples and mars the best part of the business year. Its coming is as certain as the season of the year itself, and yet no plan is devised to prevent it, or even to lessen It. Coke is sold in Knoxville at $10 a ton In carload lots, not because there Is any great or unusual scarcity of coke, but because cars can not he pro cured to haul It in. Mills are embar rassed In every part of the south by the want of available cars, and some wot even be stopped by this dearth in transportation facilities. The subject Is a broad one that de serves careful attention, not only on the part of the railroad companies, but also on the part of merchants and manufacturers. If the famine were nut for a day or even for a month not so much thought would be given to It, but all know It will last until Decem ber at least, and It may be prolonged to March. Such a lengthy famine simply means a check to prosperity and growth. The car service conditions of the south need revision. In the north there is some congestion on account of a want of sufficient terminal facili ties, business having outgrown the lat ter, but as a rule there is no direct car famine on northern roads. This is a trouble largely confined to the south, and tho railroads cannot afford longer to permit such a condition to come cr.:h year, thus crippling at least the goose that lays the golden egg. If the car companies cannot fill or ders, then let there be established more car-making plants. More cars are needed, and there Is certainly a way to procure them before another busy season is at hand. The New Chairman. The new state democratic executive committee will meet in Montgomery today and perfect its organization by the election of a chairman to preside over it for the next four years. It is of tho utmost importance that tne new chairman should be a man who represents the principles of his party and whose position in the past as well as at the present has been for tne elimination of the negro vote un der the new constitution and tho re sultant benefit to the state of a gov ernment by the will of tho people and absolute honesty in the management of the elections. uhe fight has been fought and won by the democratic party, and during all of the political battles that have been waged there has been one man whose fidelity to the cause has never been doubted and whose courage in the hour of battle has never been questioned. That man is the present chairman of the state democratic executive com mittee, Robert J. Lowe. By reason of j his experience, courage and ability, Mr. Lowe is well qualified to preside over tho destiny of the new committee, j Other leaders in the great movement for white supremacy in the state have been rewarded. None are deserving of tho endorsement of the party by re election more than Mr. Lowe. Four counties—Jefferson, Blount, Bibb and Sumter—have volunteered this en-' arrsement by resolution, and Tho Age Herald earnestly hopes that Mr. Lowe may be today proclaimed the New chairman by acclamation. Speakership Gossip and Rumors. The retirement of Speaker Hender son has prematurely opened up the question of succession, and many names are presented, not so much on the democratic side, as among the re publicans. The friends of “Uncle Joe” Cannon are early in the field, insisting that the west should have the speaker, as the east holds the White House, and that Joseph 6. Cannon is the man who should be named. There are not a few republicans, however, who think Mr. Burton, chair man of the rivers and harbors com mittee, would make an even better speaker. The Hanna influence will be cast against him, but that influence is not so strong as it was when Sir. McKinley was in the White House. 1 New York republicans suggest either James S. Sherman or Serens F. Payne. There are, too, Colonel Hepburn of Iowa, Sir. Littlefield of Slaine, Mr. Hemenway of Indiana, Sir. Tawney of Missouri, William Alden Smith ot Michigan, and General Grosvenor of Ohio, each of whom nas been freely mentioned, and every one of whom would like to be speaker, although some of them will not become full fledged aspirants. Sir. Cannon seems to have the best chance of the lot in case the house of the next congress is controlled by the republicans. If the democrats gain the upper hand in the house the selection of a speaker will be confined to Richardson of Tennessee, Underwood of Alabama, and DeArmond of Slissouri. Sir. Wil liams of Slississippi Ts also an aspir ant, but it is plain that the selection will be from one of the three first named. It is not too much to say that Alabama will present the next popular candidate. Mr. Underwood's service in congress began with the Fifty-fourth congress, while Sir. Williams held a scat in the Fifty-third congress, Sir. DeArmond in the Fifty-second, and Sir. Richardson in the Fifty-ninth con gress. All have served continuously, and Sir. Richardson is the veteran on the democratic side of the house. In cluding the Fifty-eighth congress his service will cover twenty years. Big Jefferson county has fifty-one students at Auburn in Alabama's famous Polytechnic school. Birming ham boys are as numerous in Auburn as colonels in Kentucky. Marion Butler says the populists will have a candidate of their own in 1904, but he may not know that most of the populists have withdrawn rrom the list of the scattering. It is William Deverv now, instead of plain Bill Dever Speaker Henderson may be prepar ing to follow Speaker Reed to New York, where much law is practiced at high figures. Mr. Henderson’s declaration that he considers his Uncle Horace Boies a weak candidate comes too late to be effective. The Kaiser deals out decorations in his mimic war, and our own Corbin may come home well peppered with colors. Lieutenant Peary with an eye on the coal strike says a man can live as comfortably in Greenland as in New ork. President Roosevelt splits his in finitives while he dees not propose to split the trusts in the near future. President Roosevelt takes the posi tion that the trusts should be regulated without letting the tariff know it. If the hard coal strike is maintained. Lieutenant Peary will soon- begin to j wish he was back in Greenland. Cumminsltes Is the disease that Mr. Henderson of Iowa is afflicted with. It is epidemic in that state. The Saks fire may lead to another skyscraper. All down-town corners seem to be going that way. The steel trust is all right in the New Jersey courts which are a part of that state’s machine. These be strange times when a poli tician commits hari-kari in Iowa. Horace Boies is no chicken in poli tics. He has been there before. Kentucky dees not propose to add prize fights to mountain feuds. Perhaps Mr. Henderson thought Iowa's quota was overfull. Speaker Henderson is the greatest quitter of modern times. Wall street is remarkably well-be haved this year. Every state now has its candidate for speaker. The speakership is not going a-beg ging. A SPUR. From the Pueblo Chieftain. President Roosevelt has removed from office the United States atorney for tho northern district of Alabama for neglect of duty. This summary proceeding may serve to spur up other lawyers. Including some who are not in the service of tho government. HITCHED OUTSIDE. From the Tusltegee News. Tears ago, when we first began to take Interest in political matters, we remem ber to have heard a democratic negro tell his bredderln how he was converted from being a republican Into a simor pure democrat. Said he: “My friends and fel low colored men, for a long time I was just like you, following any old low-down white man come along and said he was a publican. I did not ax who he was, whar he come fom, what he was atter nor whar he was gwine, but like a blind fool I jest voted and hollowed for him all I could and put him in office. Well, one night while I was asleep on the floor I had a tranoement or vision, f thought I had finished my hard life on yearth and was goin on a-singing when I obertook one of dem carping baggers who I been votin for and puttin In office all dose years. He said Tobc, whar you gwine? I said 1 am on my way to the glory land. He said, Uncle Tobe, dats just whar I am gwine, and I am mighty tired; won’t you tote me on your back for a while, and I let him get on my back for a while, and he went right up to de gate of heb bln and hellered. De angel Gabriel said: ’Who’s dat?' And he said the Hon. Mr. Blank from Wilcox county, Ala. and Mnrse Gabrel said you riding or walking, and he said riding. Den the watchman said hitch yours hoss and cum right In. And I said dar, now, de poor nigger is left again. Just den my bredderln I woke up fum dat transement and ses I to myself to God da can’t ride me no fodder." Only witliln the past few days have thousands of the ignorant negroes real ized the truth as expressed by old Uncle Tobe. All over the south were white men who, braving the contempt of their color, got down among the negrofs and by all sorts of schemes got their votes. For years they occupied offices simply because of the vote of the negro. Now we behold these same men In their con vention urging that the republican party of Alabama must shake off the negro— not simply the dirty, Ignorant and vicious negro, but all negroes. Say they, the old things have passed away and Mr. Nig ger we don't want you. For years and years the democrats of this state pleaded with the better element of the negroes to cast off these wrhite men who associated with them simply to fatten off of them, and to lend their aid only to putting their best friends and neighbors tnlo official positions. The wiilte republicans seek to Justify their present attitude toward the negro by saying that they hope, by getting rid of the negro, to build up a white man’s party in the south. Perhaps in the dim future, when all these old carpetbaggers and scalawags who helped to plunder our state and to demoralize our society are dead and their posterity dead and forgotten, some of the descendants of the democrats of today and of the past forty years might go Into the republican party, but not sooner. The w'hite repub licans who desire any kind of a party in the south had better hold to the negroes.

REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR. From the New York Press. Women work statistics just the way they do dough. Money makes the mare go. but horses make the money go. First young married couples learn to quarrel and then not to. Its funny, but black-haired women want their hair to be red, and grey lialred women theirs to be black. All that a man knows about mechanics Is of mighty little use to him when he tries to put the furnace Into commission for the winter. Fire Protection. “Nothing pays better in the expense account of a large mercantile business In the long run than ample Are protection,” said a real estate man last night. “Every big building should have at least one night watchman walking the floors, and a very tall building should have two or more watchmen, so that each floor could be inspected every ten or fifteen minutes. "With such protection the owner or occupant of the building could retire at night fully assured that, no matter what else might happen, he would not be called to see his property in flames. “The best protected building in Bir mingham is Loveman, Joseph Loeb’s. This firm employs two Inside watchmen and its building is equipped with an au tomatic sprinkler. Under these condi tions a Arc could ifot possibly make any headway.” The Woodward Building. The ten-story Woodward building is filling up rapidly and by the 1st of Octo ber every room will be occupied. It is estimated that nearly if not quite 1100 people will be employed In the Wood ward. There are twenty-nine rooms to a floor above the .ground. While in some of the offices only two persons will be at work, in other rooms five or six persons will have desks. A hundred and ten persons j to a floor will probably be about the avera go. The Modern Circus. “The great ‘consolidated’ tent show’s of today are conducted with the same busi ness system that W'e find in the indus trial corporations, banking houses and mercantile establishments,” said a rail road official. “In the first place large capital Is re quired to operate the circus business, and where millions are invested organization and scientific business economy are sure to be found. Thirty or forty years ago circus management was crude and few men of education were connected with it. Now brains and education are combined in the accounting and operating depart ments of an enterprise like Forepaugh’s. Formerly a young man who could hold a position In a hank or railroad office would have turned up his nose at an offer from a circus company. Today the auditing department of a great show aggregation is filled up with men of first-class busi ness and social standing.” The Building Trade. "I never was as busy in my life ns I am now,” said a prominent master build er, "and I am glad to say that the class of work being done in Birmingham is far better as a rule this year than it ever was before. “The homes of wage-workers are built of better material and have better finish than was the case a few years ago, and the number of pretentious dwellings nbt only increases, but much better work manship is demanded.” President J. C. Maben. J. C. Maben, president of the Sloss Shefgeld Steel and Iron company, re turned last night from New York after an absence of several weeks. “During the active trading in the Sloss Sheffleld common stock holders of preferr ed held on and the control of the company remained just where it had been,” said Mr. Maben. “The CanadiansXwho bought large blocks of the common had but one purpose, namely, investment. They took certificates of 500 shares which showed they w’ere not buying the stock to turn it over. They are friends of the con trolling stockholders and acquired thous ands of shares after sending one of their number to Alabama to look over the company's property and obtain accurate information concerning the company’s operations.” The Center. “Birmingham’s business center will re main for many years between Morris ave nue and Fourth avenue and between Eighteenth and Twenty-nrsi streets, said a prominent investor. “The city is growing westward, and property west of Eighteenth street will j enhance in value right along, but i\* solid business, wholesale and retail, will j be right where it is now'. Twentieth street corners are tile favorites for sky-scrapers but a steel frame building is going up on Twenty-first street and Third avenue and another is talked of for Twenty first street and Second avenue.’’ The Old Fifteenth. Ex-Governor William C. Oates is desir ous of seeing every survivor of the Fif teenth Alabama at the Confederate re- j union at Montgomery November 12 and 13. He has issued a circular letter, in which all the veterans of his old regi ment are urged to be present. General Oates says: “We have secured from the railroads n cheap rate of fare, to-wit: one cent a mile coming and going. 1 want to knew if you will surely attend. I also hope that you will use your influence- with others to come. If there are any so badly crip pled and too poor to pay the low' rate, let him report to me and I will secure transportation for him, even if I have to pay it myself. “While here there will be no expense, as several good people have agreed to aid me in caring for you. Let every one who will attend notify me in advance so that 1 can make a roll of their names. “My law office, 22% South Perry street, will be headquarters, and all are desireu to report upon their arrival. “All who ever belonged to the regiment and were honorably discharged are in vited to attend. “Comrades, let us once more assemble around the camp fire and discuss the j amusing and the sad scenes of the camp and the march, the screaming of shells, I the whistle of bullets and again be en veloped in the smoke of battle through the valley around Richmond, Cedar Run, Second Manassas, Chantilly Farm, Har per’s Ferry, Sharpsburg, Fredricksburg, Suffolk, Gettysburg, Chickamauga, Look out Valley, Knoxville, the Wilderness, Spottsylvanla, Turkey Ridge, Petersburg, Fussell’s Mill, Darby town Road, Fort Harrison and many minor engagements.” About Persons. Dr. Lewis Coleman Morris has re turned from a short visit to relatives In Virginia. Most of his time was spent at the ancestral estate, “Clazemont,” in Hanover county.

S. T. Westcott of Montgomery Is at the Metropolitan.

William W. Hill, secretary of the Con tinental National bank of Chicago, of which N. E. Barker is first vice presi dent, Is spending a few days In Birming ham.

A. Gunther of New York Is at the Metropolitan.

P. C. Smith of Fayette Is at the Met ropolitan.

Charles Catlett of Staunton, Va., Is at the Metropolitan.

E. D. White of Fort Scott, Kan., is at the Metropolitan. ALABAMA EDITORS. From the Mobile Herald. There Is suspicion that Henderson thought It was better to jump than be pushed. From the Mobile Register. It Is poor consolation to know that Atlanta Is as badly off in the matter of an union depot as wre are. From the Decatur News. Will Booker Roosevelt and Teddy Washington love feast together again? If so, where will the lightning strike? From the Sheffield Standard. W. J. Bryan is going to Texas to hunt wildcats. If he will come down here and get In with a party of United States dep uty marshals, he would find the moun tains of Franklin county a more excit ing field than the prairies of Texas. From the Montgomery Advertiser. The Indiana democrats are bound to get all their coons up one tree, and adopted a plank In their state platform declaring themselves "democrats of the Jefferson, Jackson and Bryan type," and nailed It by endorsing all the platforms adopted by the party since Its founda tion. As well as we can make it out they take it all. From the Gadsden Times-News. With all this talk about the Seventh district being a doubtful one neither the populists nor republicans are falling over each other to measure lances with the democratic representative, Hon. John Tj. Burnett. Just here we would like to remind some of the able newspaper w’rlters to the south of us that Mr. Bur nett Is absolutely confident that he will win and wo assure them that there Is no danger of democratic defeat in the Sev enth. DECLINE OF THE DIAMOND. Why It Has Been Superseded In Fash ionable Favor by the Pearl. From the London Express. According to sn expert writer in the "Petit Blue" the heyday of diamonds has gone, at least on the continent. Dia monds are succumbing to three kinds of evolution: (1) The evolution of moral taste. It is now considered bad form for ladies and gentlemen to advertise their wealth by a display of diamonds. (Z) A scientific evolution. Thanks to thip, diamonds are so wonderfully well counterfeited that they are no longer the sign of wealth. The larger and the more numerous the diamonds the more they are suspected of being false. (3) The evolution of artisitc taste. The diamond admits of hardly any variation In shape admits of hardly any varia tion In shape of composition. The great continental artists of today In the Jewelry line use gold, silver, even copper or iron, and produce with them little marvels of art in which the dia mond hardly ever enters, unless In a very minute and accessory way, in order to “animate" the whole. The coronation year has not resulted In the great rush for diamonds that was expected, and the quleter-looking but more expensive pearl gained on easy "lead.” The manager of Tiffany's told an "Express” representative recently that the sale of diamonds during the past year had not been very much above the normal, but the amount of alteration and repair work, resetting of stones, etc., hud been extraordinarily great, and the expert workman hau been kept very busy. The chief work had been In connec tion with the repair of family Jewels, while large numbers of Americans stay ing In England for the coronation had had their diamonds reset and polished by English workmen. Tile American grande dame was al ways a large buyer of diamonds, and was particularly anxious to have then! set In English style. -.ne reason for the small Increase In the sale of diamonds was the great popu larity of the pearl, which has become ex ceedingly fashionable of late months, in spite of Its expensiveness. The usual price for a pearl necklace ranged from £30,000 to £40,000, and a really fine necklace was not to be had for less than £70,000. Where a society woman could make a good show” in uiamonds for £30,000, she could do very little for the same amount In pearls. Simplicity was the keynote of the fash ion In diamonds, and clusters of large stones, made into broaches and pendants an 4 other articles of adornment, were far more popular and created a better effect than a large collection of small diamonds set thickly together. The average price for a diamond brooch with fine lurge stones was £Ai00, and this article found a rapid sale. Men use diamonds less today than they did a short time ago, and like less showy stones for their rings and scarf pins. HOSE AT $500 A PAIR. N. Y. Letter in the Pittsburg Dispatch. Five hundred dollars for a pair of stockings! This seems like a Babylonian dream, yet there Is a shop In Fifth avenue which actually has them on sale. It must not be supposed that they come in boxes of half a dozen pairs, yet a single pair of pedal teguments brought this price today. Who bought ’em? S-h! s-h! Was It Lillian Russell? No Indeed, though the “airy-fairy one” has plenty in her wardrobe that cost a hundred or so. This pair was bought for a lady of rank and social distinction. The con clusion must not be Jumped at because the Duchess of Marlborough departed these shores yesterday that she was the favored one. Indeed, It may be said In confidence that she was not the recipient. Yet a young beau of this modern Bab ylon actually pushed 3500 In currency across the counter to settle for a single pair of hose. Yes, they w'ere slllt, but they were also something more. Won derfully wrought fleur de lis, set In emeralds and rubles, entered Into the scheme of decoration, (he whole giving an effect—well, the effect must be im agined. Good as His Word. From the Chicago Tribune. Mortified Bridegroom—You told me your father’s wedding present would be a check for four figures. Blushing Bride—Well, Isn’t *11.30 four figures?" DEATHS FROM ACCIDENTS IN U. S. ARE INCREASING Washington, September 23. (Special.)—Reports Issued from the census office Indicate that the proportion of deaths from accidents in the United States Is Increasing. During the census year (twelve months ending May 31, 1900) 67,513 accidental deaths were reported, of which 43,414 were of males and 14,099 of females. The proportion of deaths from acci dental causes, In 1000 deaths from all known causes, was 57.6. In 1890 the corre sponding proportion was 53.7. The records kept by the accident Insur ance companies Indicate that about 30, 000 non-fatal accidents occur every day from ordinary causes—this is, there are not far from 11,000,000 non-fatal accidents every year, 15,000 to every 100,000 of pop ulation. It appears that nearly 6 per cent of all the deaths in the United States are due to accidental injuries, but it is even more astonishing to learn that the probability that a person will meet with some dis abling injury within a year Is about eleven times greater than the chance of his death from any and all causes dur ing the same period! Evidenice of the Increase. When it is said that nearly 6 per cent of all the deaths are due to accidental injuries, it is to be borne in mind that this result Is attained by contrasting the 1,039,094 deaths from all causes reported during the census year with the 67,513 deaths from accidental causes during the same period. But for the country, as a whole, mor tality statistics are more or less Incom plete. The most reliable data that the census gives are from the so-called registration states (Connecticut, Maine, Massachus etts, Michigan, New Hampshire. New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island. Ver mont and the District of Columbia). In this area during the census year 27, 649 persons lost their lives from accident al injuries, a death rate of 96 per 100,000 of population. In 1890 the death rate from accidents In the same area was 91.9 per 100,000. Here again—from a different point of view Is seen evidence of a steady Increase in the proportion of deaths from acci dents. Facts From the Census. Fatal accidents (and presumably non fatal ones also) are more liable to occur in cities than In rural parts. Jo be the offspring of an Italian mother seems to predispose one to accidental death. The census has a table showing that deaths due to accidents and injuries where highly among those whose moth ers were born in Italy (119'S per 100,000 of white population); lowest among those i whose mothers were born in the United States (62.7), The death rate due to accident and in juries is highest among persons 45 years of age and over. The average age at death from acci dents is about 33.5. The propositions of death accidents and Injuries were greatest in the Cordilleran regions, the Pacific coast region and the western plains; they are least in the north Atlantic coast region, the middle Atlantic coast region and the northeast ern hills and plateaus. The warmer months show a larger proportion of fatal accidents than the cooler months. In January the death rate from acci dents is slightly greater in rural parts than in cities; in February the death rates in city and country are similar; in March the country is more dangerous; In April the rates balance again; in May and June the city leads; in July1 and Au gust the country leads; in September the city is ahead; in October and November the country is more fatal; in December the city takes the lead again. Accidents More Fatal. An inspection of tho census tables show ing causes of death brings out the fact that a person is more liable to meet death by accidental injuries than by any other single cause except consumption, pneu monia or heart disease. (The latter term, however. Is vague and unreliable.) A per son is twice as liable to die from accident as from old age. Typhoid fever, cancer, apoplexy, Inflammation of the brain and meningitis, paralysis, diphtheria, diseases of the stomach, liver and brain, all these are slight menaces to life compared with the accident hazard. If, as seems not unreasonable, a person is liable to die of any disabling accident that happens to him, what is to be said concerning the 11,000,000 accidents that happen every year? It seems to be true that a person is 100 times more liable to “catch” an ac cident than a fatal case of consumption or pneumonia, and about 1000 times more liable to “catch” an accident than a fatal case of liver disease. The accident microbe is deadly, and is increasingly active. The 11,000,000 accidental injuries every year are enough to “smash up”* every man, woman and child in Greater New York somewhat more frequently* than three times a year. A war which caused 11,000,000 casualties a year would be a very great one. There fore if “war is hell,” peace is also “hell” with regard to the number of killed and wounded. COMMENTS ON THE RECENT SHILOH CHURCH DISASTER From the New York World. With Its hundred killed the stampede In a Birmingham church was more dead ly than most battles of the Boer war. Panic Is an unreasoning and unreason able destroyer. From the Chattanooga Times. Troops that steadily faced a shower of bullets during the day have been stam peded in the night by a rush of fright ened animals. Men who have had long experience as fighting soldiers and have had their nerves tested by a Are alarm In a crowded theatre or other auditorium, tell us the latter, once the scare has permeated the mass of the audience, cannot be resisted by reason or dispelled by the self-evident fact that the only danger Is that which the people create by stampeding. It is a temporary insan ity; a craze that, while it lasts, renders the victim completely Irresponsible, lifts the purely animal instinct of self-preser vation above reason and even above the proofs the five senses would convey to the brain, if it were not paralyzed by causeless fright. From the New Orleans Picayune. It is to be hoped that the authorities at Birmingham will make a careful study of the catastrophe which took place at the colored church there by which more than a hundred human beings lost their lives, so that it may be ascertained definitely how It happened that In a church, said to be modern In its appoint ments and provided with ample exits, such a terrible affair was possible. A crowded church la a common enough oc currence, but it is not possible that the risk of such an occurrence as that at Birmingham is taken in every such case. Of course, presence of mind and cool headedness are the best safeguards In a panic, but those are qualities rarely found In a crowd, a,nd are not to Be taken into the calculation in providing precautionary measures. From the Atlanta News. There ought to be agreed upon by those who manage public occasions some sys tem of signals and of control by which panics can be averted. Ushers ought to bo diligently trained to find out promptly the causes of a disturbance and to dissemin ate rapidly through the ranks of the audience the real fact and the best pos sible way to avoid panic' and destruction. In cases of fire Intelligent people should have It impressed upon them by placards and folders that the way of escape Is not through a mad rush for safety, but through clear and tranquil self command that will wa,tch Its opportunity and ex pedite the emptying of public buildings by carefully refraining from getting In other people’s way. There ought to be stationed In every large assembly officials with stout lungs and commanding per sonalities who will be able to instruct and control crowds In case of such con tin gencles. From the Nashville News. The tendency of a crowd Is always downward. Hence demagogues and false leaders. Speakers who know better can not resist the opportunity ready to their hands in the quick response always to be obtained from an audience by appealing to prejudices, mere emotion and false reasoning. Amici spoke truly when he said: "AH that can be got from a crowd is instinct or passion; the Instinct may be good, but the passion may be bad, “and neither Is the instinct capable of produc ing a clear Idea, nor the passion of lead ing to a Just resolution." Mob law Is never the expression of an ardent desire for Justice, but is merely the madness of the vindictive spirit. And when sud den panic falls on a great multitude It is not the heroism, mercy and courage of Its Individuals that act and have their way, but the brutish Instincts and primal passions that make them as one. As long j as such horrors as that at Birmingham j are possible, the boasted civilization and 1 progress of humanity would seem but a veneer that falls away in times of strain. From the Nashville Banner. The incident has its warning for all who have the management of public halls and for all who are accustomed to assemble in crowded houses. This warning is not that any should become too sensitive to a suggestion of danger and cultivate a dread of disaster, but to the contrary, that confidence and common sense should be made the safeguards against the chances of panic. All places for public assemblies, Including churches, should have ample facilities for exit and this provision should be an assurance in the minds of all against accident. Self-com posure is the protection of the individual, and the best means of inspiring others with confidence. Sometimes, as appears to have been the case at Birmingham, those who attempt to control a panic stricken audience increase the confusion and fright by their excited efforts to repress the disorder. Fright is infec tious. and cool-headed composure- is the only deterrent. The time of such excite ment is the opportunity for heroic gal lantry on the part of men of nerve. If, in such panics, which are fortunately rare, the men in the audience who should be depended upon largely in the emer gency, would exercise their high preroga tive of protecting the women and chil dren, by firmness and courage which would rise to the dignity of self-sacri fice, if necessary, there would be few if any fatalities. This suggestion may be too ideal, for fear is no respector of per sons, but undoubtedly an understanding upon a deeper sense of masculine respon sibility would minify the danger of such unexpected crises. FAMILY DECADENCE. From the Boston Herald. In earlier days there were few New York families that occupied a position of more distinction than the Fish family of New York. Socially and intellectually, and In public position, this was of the highest. As secretary of state Hamilton Fish had identified himself with the his tory of the nation in important diplo matic correspondence. There was wealth also In addition to the other prestige of the family. The dignity that it hal* at tained was something well worth keep ing. It was with a feeling of regret, therefore, that in the next generation af ter the secretary it was found represent ed in politics which, to take a mild view of the case, was without dignity. It was freely charged that the man who now ap peared to attract attention to the name was identified with unscrupulous meth ods in politics. But a worse degradation to an honored name was to come. It was found in the murder of a member of the Fish family in the generation following the secretary- in a drunken brawl In New Yerk which has occurred the present week. There is something peculiarly saddening in this notoriety. THE HAPPIEST HEART. By John Vance Cheney. Who drives the horses of the sun Shall lord it but a day; Better the lowly deed were done, And kept the humble way. The rust will find the sword of fame. The dust will hide the crown; Ay. none shall nail so high his name Time will not tear it down. The happiest heart that ever beat Was In some quiet breast.. That found the common daylight sweet. And left to Heaven the rest

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IF YOU’RE FROM MISSOURI and bave 'a desire to kuow Just what is THE latest and most pop ular in Fall Hats, and will call, WE’LL SHOW YOU. HI mm tm mm m am Hi Hi wm Hi B w wm wm Mi wm mw wm I PENN. HAT CO. ARMSTRONG DISMUKES, Proprietors. ’Phone 317. 117 N. 20th St. PEOPLE IN EAST ALABAMA COMING INTEREST IN THE STATE FAIR HAS BEEN AROUSED IN THIS SECTION BY GENERAL MAN AGER MACKNIGHT. Oeneral Manager MacKnlght of the Fair association returned last night from the eastern section of the state feeling greatly encouraged over the pros pects not only of a large attendance from that section of Alabama, but also on account of many Important exhibits which are promised. At Columbiana, the couty seat of Shel by county, the business men say a larger number of people are coming to the fair than ever before, and a great deal of Interset is expressed in it. The Shelby county exhibit, covering mineral, agri cultural, horticultural and general pro ducts, will be one of the most attractive that will be seen in the main building. An immense vein of rich hemitite iron ore has recently been prospected in the hills near Columbiana, which is said to be one of the finest deposits of the kind In the state, and also of inexhaustiable extent. This property belongs to J. H I’age, who has promised to send some fine specimens of the ore for the mineral exhibit. A big coal field has also been discovered in the same region and some fine samples of this material will be sent In by the owner. At Talladega the work of the Fair as sociation Is in the hands of J. E. Stone, the secretary of the Talladega Commer cial club. Mr. Stone has aroused much Interest and has a great many fine ex hibits promised. Cecil Brown, a melnber of the recent constitutional convention, Is president of the Commercial club and Is deeply inter ested In the plan of the fair association to establish a permanent annual stale fair in Birmingham. He says he regards it as one of the most desirable movements that could be put on foot in Alai ama, and he told Mr. MacICnight that he would do everything he could to piomote the Idea in his section. The Commercial club extended an invitation to Mr. Mac Knight to deliver an address In Talla dega on Monday evening next. Captain Burr of the Talladega Rifles spoke en thusiastically about the proceedings of military day at the fair, and said that he had no doubt his organization would be present in the parade and take part in the prize drills. DEATHS AND FUNERALS The remains of Amanda Norwood, the 6-month-old daughter of W. W. Norwood, was Interred in Elm Leaf cemetery yes terday afternoon. The remains of Krs. E. F. Moon, who died at Avondale yesterday were shipped to Deatsville, Ala., for Interment today. Mrs. A. IT. Dockery, a seamstress, died at 717 North Twenty-ninth street Mon day night. The Interment took place at Woodlawn yesterday afternoon. Mrs. E. F. Moore, aged 83 years, died Monday night. She was originally from Georgia. BINDS LANG OVER. Justice of the Peace Benners Fixes Bond at $2500. The preliminary hearing of Lewis T. Lang, charged with the murder of J. L. Dorr, was not resumed yesterday, but an agreement was reached by Solicitor Hef lin and Attorney Hugh Morrow for the defendant whereby the defendant is bound over to the grand jury under bail in the amount of $2600. Mrs. William Dorr is held to Ifie grand jury under bail in the amount of $300, as an important witness in the case. This agreement relative to the bail was reached yesterday and the amount of bond for each of the two defendants was immediately afterwards fixed by Justice I. J. Benners before whom the hearing was begun. Both were, taken back to jail after the trial, being unable to make bail at once. BASE BURNERS HEATERS Our stock this season excels all that has ever yet been seen in the l city—in quality, quantity and low f prices. We have them ranging in price from $2.00 up to $50.00. Inspect our line before K buying. MAYBERRY HARDWARE GO. "Handsomest Hardware Store in the South." BRANDON LIGHT ARTILLERY IS MUSTERED IN STATE SERVICE Every Soldier Takes an Oath to Support Constitution of Itie State AOJT, HEN, W, W, BRANDON ADMINISTERS THE OATR Mayor Drennen Makes an Address, In Which He Pays Tribute to the Bravery and Prowess of the Citizen-Soldier. The Brandon Bight Artillery was mus tered into the state service last night at the armory by Adjutant General W. W. Brandon. “Young gentlemen, raise your right hand,” said the adjutant general. “Do each of you solemnly swear in the presence of Almighty God, that you be lieve in the constitution, and will sup port the constitution of the state of Ala bama; that you enlist in citizen soldiery as Battery D, for the term of three years, and that you will obey the orders of your superior officers, so help you God? Beginning at the right and in sin gle file, each member of the battery will come up and sign the oath of enlist ment.” The members of the battery filed slowly past the speaker's stand, each affixing his signature to the oath of en listment, and Battery D, First artillery, became a part of the Alabama National guard. After the mustering in, Adjutant Gen eral Brandon addressed the battery, thanking them for the honor bestowed upon him in naming the company the Brandon Bight Artillery, and assuring them that he would do nothing by word or deed, to bring discredit upon them. Several hundred representative citizens were present to witness the mustering in of Birmingham's artillery company. The occasion was also a social event and evening costumes were more in evidence than military array. The meeting was called to order by Mayor W. M. Drennen. On the platform with Mayor Drennen wfas Adjutant Gen eral Brandon, Congressman Oscar W. Underwood, George M. Cruikshank and Major Westcott. A large United States flag composed the background to the platform, while around the walls and from Hie galleries and ceiling hung drap eries and festoons of red and blue, the colors of Battery D. Seated on the left of the platform were the patronesses, and on the ~ight the maids of honor of the batter/. The Mayor's Address. M .yor Drennen In opening the cere monies, said: "We have met here tonight to celebrate the mustering in of the Brandon Bight Artillery. I want to first thank the com mittee on arrangements for placing my name first upon the programme. I feel that if I had to follow such speakers as Adjutant General Brandon, Congressman Underwood and a number of other gentle men who are on the programme, when it came my time to speak, there would be nothing for me to say. If I may be per mitted to use a sportman's expression, these gentlemen are open bores, while I would be termed a choke bore. "It has been said that true greatness lies never been over-estimated when it has for its object the upbuilding of home, a community or a country. If this be true, then the Alabama national guard has never been overestimated.” Mayor Drennen then referred to inci dents in the history ot the American soldier, demonstrating his courage and the prowess of the citizen soldiery on every battlefield, Btatlng that "grit” in the American soldier was a dominant element. Adjutant General Brandon was then presented by Mayor Drennen, who called the battery to attention, the bugle sounded "fall in,” and the mustering in by Colonel Brandon was briefly dis patched. Officers Elected. The next order of business was the elec tion of officers for the battery. The elec tion was conducted by Major Westcctt, commanding the First battalion of artil lery. _D. Smith was unanimously elect ed captain. Frank White, J. Q. Smith and Will Hayes were asked to escort Captain Smith to the platform. Captain Smith spoke briefly, thanking the battery for the honor, and declaring that he would do everything within his power to make the company the pride not only of F.ir mlngham but of the entire south. He was satisfied that with the earnest and hearty co-operation of the members of the or ganization that this could be done. The election of the other officers was as follows: First, lieutenant, Frank S. White. Junior fiirst lieutenant, H. S. W. Browne. Second lieutenant, J. Q. Smith. Junior second lieutenant, Will B. Hayes. The constitution and by-laws of the battery were then adopted. Underwood Speaks. Captain Smith then introduced Con ADJT.-GEN. W. W. BRANDON, In Whose Honor the Battery Was Named. STREET TO OPPOSE BURNETT IN 7TH NOMINATED BY THE COMBINED POPULIST AND REPUBLICAN PARTIES AS THE NOMINEE FOR CONGRESS—COFER TO RUN. At a meeting of the fused forces of the populist and republican parties, held in Attalla yesterday, Oliver D. Street was selected by acclamation as the nominee for congress from the Seventh district. Mr. Street is an attorney from Gunters ville and is probably the strongest and most popular republican in the entire dis trict. Mr. Street will opose Congressman Burnett, the present representative from the district and the nominee of the dem ocratic party. Colonel Cofer of Cullman, w'ho was on the Johnston campaign com mittee. has also announced as an inde pendent candidate, thus making the race in the district three-cornered. gressman O. W. Underwood, who said in part: “The regular army is the first line of our country’s defense. No American citi zen can ever feel anything but pride in our army. They have always done their full duty. The regular army is the bul wark of our defense, but in the end, dur ing our great wa$s, we have depended on out* citizen soldiery to Win the final vic tory. It was| the volunteer, after he had been seasoned and trained, that won the battles qf Yorktown and Kings moun tain. It was the volunteer soldier that accomplished the repult In the end in the wrar of 1812. When the Stars and Stripes were carried to the walls of the Monte zuma s by General Scott and General Tay lor, it was the citizen soldier that drove the Mexican back to his capital. In the great civil war the Qrst opening gun had hardly ceased when the line of the regu lar army, as a regular army, was no longer seen. It is true that trained army officers came to the front and commanded the volunteers, but it was the citizen sol dier that fought the battles and has made our country glorious with their valor and their victories.” Cruikshank s Address. George M. Cruikshank, the next speaker, made a brief address. “I am not a sol dier,” said Mr. Cruikshank. “I never was a soldier—not even a tin soldier. No man exceeds me in respect for our citizen sol diery. In every age and, every country the citizen soldier has been the bulwark of a country's defense. Many of the companies in the great civil war were composed of the best young men of the country. If General Shelley were here tonight he could tell you of a company that left Talladega who were composed entirely of gentlemen who had never ex perienced rough service. But they never complained of the hardships of war—and they made as good a record as any company in the war.” After the speaking the guests were en tertained for a short time in the recep tion room of the armory, where light re freshments were served. The armory was cleared of chairs and dancing con sumed the balance of the evening. POLICE CHIEFS’ CLUB. Secretary Chambers of the State Asso ciation Writes to Other States. L. E. Chambers, secretary^ and treas urer of the State Association of Police and Marshals, stated yesterday that Hie prospect for organizing a southern asso ciation was bright and that immediately upon receipt of replies from letters he has written the chiefs and marshals of Alabama, Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Missippl, Tennessee, Florida, Georgia, North and South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia, Kentucky, Missouri, Oklahoma and Indian Territory he would take action towards having a meeting. This meeting In all probability will be held In Birmingham, as the Inducements offered here are as great as any of the other cities will offer. There are GS5 cities of 2000 inhabitants in the above territory whoso police chiefs he hopes to interest Sunday's Age-Herald for sale at business office, con taining list of dead resulting from church panic WILL REORGANIZE THE COMMITTEE DEMOCRATIC COUNTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETS AT COURT HOUSE SATURDAY TO TRANS ACT IMPORANT BUSINESS. A meeting of the new democratic coun ty executive committee has been called by Secretary Robert Morris for Satur day, September 27, to be held in the court house at noon. The committee will be re organized and a chairman and secretary will be elected. Robert H. Thach, the present chair man of the committee, will not be a can didate for re-election, and it is,possible that B. A. Thompson will succeed him. His name has been prominently men tioned in connection with It. Mr. Morris Ip a candidate for re-election as secretary, and probably wdll be selected withc/Tit opposition. The new county executive committee is composed as follows: Beat 1—Williams, M. C. Ragsdale. Beat 2—Jonesboro, D. W. Houston. Beat 3—Adger, S. M. Meigs. Beat 4—Aarons, I. J. Burchfield. Beat 5—Short Creek, F. M. Vines. Beat 6—Robbins, J. A. Tate. Beat 7—Dolomite, W. I. Brown. Beat 8— Oxmoor, Mose Hill. Beat 9—Powderly, P. S. Milner. Beat 9—Elyton, T. S. Smith. Beat 10-East Lake. T. Y. Prude. Beat 11—Greens, R. S. Greene or N. M. Strickland. Beat 12—Leeds, J. B. Elliott. Beat 13—Trussville, R. II. Hendon. Beat 14—Selfs, B. L. Clayton and W. A. Bradford tied. Beat 15—Pinson, W. C. Hurst. Beat 16—Morris, Henry Simpson. Beat 17—Warrior, B. T. Rochester. Beat 18—Brookside, J. R. Tate. Beat 18—Brookside, P. J. Stlth. Beat 19—Palos, J. R. Lawson. Beat 20— Jrnndale. J. D. Payne. Beat 21—Birmingham, J. R. Copeland, D. D. Courson, W. T. Poe and J. H. Me Cary. Beat 22—Newcastle, J. A. Harrison. Beat 23—Partridge, W. A. Mayfield. Beat 24—Meeks, F. G. Knight. Beat 25—Union, S. F. Cunningham. Beat 26—Argo, vacant on account of death of R. F. Keith. Beat 27—Toadvlne, J. J. Waldrop. Beat 28—Graham, G. W. Turnham. Beat 29—Pratt City, George W. Brown and J. B. Aird. Beat 30—Williamsburg, B. F. Johnson. Beat 31—Acton and Pump House, W. II. Duke. Beat 32—Smith’s Mill, J. 8. Hanna. Beat 33 Bessemer, William Jackson and T. A. Moore. Beat 34—Woodlawn, M. F. Wood. Beat 35—Guinn. W. II. Batson. Beat 36—Gate City, John Wise. Beat 37—Birmingham, R. D. Copeland, John Horan, John McCartln, Pat O'Hara and J. IT. Cox. Beat 38—Blossburg, J. II. McMarraln. Beat 39—Adamsville, John Farrington. Beat 40—Huey and Woodward, C. L. Dobbs. Beat 41—Parkwood. J. G. Crotwell. Beat 42—North Birmingham. J. L. Cole. Beat 43—Locust Fork, Jesse Snow. Beat 44—Huffman, T. P. Taylor. Beat 45—Ensley, A. W. Muckenfuss and W T. Terry. Beat 46—Avondale, J. R. Ellard. SOUR BREAD. Annoyed the Doctor. If you get right down to the bottom of your stomach trouble It Is wrong food, and the way to correct it is not by drugs but by using the right food. A physician in Barron, Wis., writes an instructive letter on this point. He says, "I am a practicing physician, 45 years old. and about 6 feet In height. When I began using Grape-Nuts last Spring I weighed 140 pounds, was thin and poor, had a coating on my tongue and fre quently ladehed wind or gas and small pieces of undigested bread of potatoes which were very sour, In short I had acid dyspepsia. I consulted a brother physician who advised me to eat about four teaspoon fuls of Grape-Nuts at the commence ment of each meal and drink Postum Cereal Coffee. I had been In the habit of drinking coffee for breakfast and tea for dinner and supper. I followed the advice of my brother physician as to diet and experienced relief at once. Ever since that time I have eaten Grape-Nuts with sweet milk or cream each morning for breakfast and I now weigh 155 pounds, and am no more trou bled with sour stomach. I am very fond of Postum Food Coffee and attribute my relief as much to that as I do to Grape Nuts. Often when I am called out in Jhe night to see a patient and on my return home I feel tired and hungry, I eat the usual quantity of Grape-Nuts before going to bed and then sleep soundly all night.” Name by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich RUINS OF LOUIS SAKS’ CLOTHING STORE. SAKS BUILDING WILL RISE ALAIN Total loss to Clothing Estab lishment is $250,000 TO RESUME BUSINESS SOON Tot^l Amount of Insurance Is $177,200, Divided Among Several Com panies—Mr. Saks Remem bers the Firemen. The building occupied by Louis SakB which was almost completely ruined yes terday morning will be rebuilt within a short time. The firm will secure another house while the work Is being done and will reopen its business as soon as a stock can be bought and shipped. Mr. Saks leaves today for New York for the purpose of purchasing a new line of goods. Careful estimates of the losses are as follows: Value of stock, $200,000. Value of building and fixtures, 50,000. Total loss, $250,000. Insurance on building. $30,700. Insurance on fixtures, $10,000. Insurance on stock. $130,500. Total insurance, $177,200. The insurance was divided as follows and placed with companies a3 listed: Teutonia 2,500 Williamsburg City 1,500 British America 1,000 Firemen's of Baltimore 500 Philadelphia UnderwTiters 1,000 Continental 3,000 American Fire 2,000 Scottish Union 5,000 Citizens’ 1,000 Providence Washington. 2.000 Norwich Union 3,000 Phenix of Hartford 2,500 Sun Insurance Office 3,500 Phoenix of Brooklyn 3,000 Hanover 4,500 Thuringia 1,500 London Assurance Co 1,000 Pennsylvania 2,500 Greenwich 1,000 Citizens’ 2,000 Hamburg-Bremen 2,500 I^iverpool and London and Globe 6,000 Commercial Union 4,00o Insurance Co. of North America.. 4.000 Georgia Home 3.000 Imperial of London 2,000 Northern 2,000 Springfield 2,000 Western 2,500 American Central 1,000 Milwaukee Mechanics 2,000 Fire Association 2.500 Rochester German 5,000 Sun Insurance Co 2,500 Hartford 3.500 St. Paul Fire and Marine Co. 3,000 Glens Falls 3.500 Queen 4.500 Western 1.000 North British and Mercantile 1,500 Royal Exchange 1,000 Royal 1,000 Home 6.500 Palatine 2.000 Agricultural 2,000 National 1.009 Phoenix of London 1,000 London and Lancashire 1.600 Manchester 1.000 New Hampshire 2,000 Underwriters 3.500 Caledonian 2.500 German American 3,000 Total .$130,500 On Fixtures. British America.$ 800 Traders 1,500 Liverpool and London and Globe New' York 1,000 American Central 1.000 Norwich Union 500 Hanover 1.000 Greenwich 2,0»>) Commercial Union 1,000 Connecticut 2,500 Milwaukee Mechanics 1,000 Home 1,200 Orient 1.00C National 500 Phenix of London 1,000 Total 16,000 On Building. Commercial Union Assurance Co..$ 3,000 Fireman’s Fund 3,0«)0 Hanover 2,500 Phoenix of Brooklyn.*. 1,500 Phoenix of London 4,000 Liverpool and London and Globe.. 5,000 Imperial 1,000 Home 1,000 Aetna 2,6«> Aetna (lease) 7,200 Total 30,700 After the fire was extinguished this morning Mr. Saks had a lunch served the members of the department in recog nition of their long struggle against the w'ork of the flames. The men were kept more than four hours pouring water on the building. It was even 8 o’clock before the last man returned to headquarters. During ail of yesterday the store wrs surrounded by many persons curious to see the result of the fire. Many estimates were made as to the percentage of dam (Cointinued on F*ghth Page.) DOLLAR OAS ON OCTOBER FIRST 1 Ibis Will be Net Price for Consumers WILL DISCARD THE DUMMY President Jemison of the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power Com pany Says It Will Soon Be Dispensed With. I The Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company has reduced the price of Its illuminating gas from $1.40 gross or $1.26 net to $1.10 gross or $1.00 net per thousand feet. The reduction will bo effective October 1. This is in accordance with the action of the board of directors held yesterday morning. A year ago the price was re duced from $1.65 gross to $1.40 gross and, as was the case then, this further re duction is made pursuance of a promise on the part of the company that as the business increased the consumers would have the benefit of one dollar gas. The price net means the price to those who pay their bills on or before the 10th of each month. The net price of gas for cooking purposes has been $1.00 for some time past. The board of directors also decided to discontinue the sale of street car books at $4.00 per hundred. In view of the free transfer system inaugurated last Satur day the management reached the conclu sion that the company could not afford to carry passengers for loss than 5 cents. President Jemison Talks. After the meeting of the board Presi dent. Jemison said: “The company is pushing its gas business find this reduc tion from $1.26 to $1.00 will, it Is believed, be appreciated by the public ami result in a more general increase. We have ex pended $50,000 in betterments to our gas plant, including the extension of mains and In order to make this Investment pay we must obtain many new customers. “With regard to our street car busi ness,” continued Mr. Jemison, "the trans fers have not been in use long enough for us to know Just how they will oper ate ns revenue producers, but the ex perience of companies in other cities will doubtless be our experience. In Washing ton, 30 per cent of the passengers use transfers, and in Nashville 40 per cent. About 30 per cent of our patrons will J probably use transfers.” $1,500,000 In Improvements. The Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company started out a year ago to expend $1,500,000 on emprovements and extensions, and much of the w'ork map ped out then has been completed. The East Lake line lias been pratically finish ed. The Bessemer line has been double tracked from Birmingham to the old fair grounds, a distance of four miles, and a new double tracked line from the fair grounds to Ensley, a distance of two miles, has been constructed, giving a new route from this city to Ensley. This Ensley line was to have been opened on the first of August, but when August came it was found that more power than the power plant was furnishing w*as needed to run the cars at high speed and the management decided not to at tempt to operate the line until the new engines were installed. All the engines and machinery for doubling the capacity of the power house have been delivered to the company and they are being set up as rapidly as possible. Mr. Jemison said the company hoped to dispense with the dummy between here and the fair grounds and operate cars on the new Ensley route by the first of November. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. The following real estate transfers have been placed on record: J. L. Welch and wife to Miss Julia Wil liamson, $3750; lot 14 and north half of lot 15, Welch's addition to Birmingham. J. L. Welch and wife to Mrs. Annie H. Williamson. $3750; lot 16 and north half of lot 15, Welch’s addition to Birmingham. Mary P. McNeal et al. to Daisy Y. Smith, $111; lot 4, block 13, Phelon’s ad dition to Birmingham. Mary O. Sale to R. W. Sowers, $1500; part block in Phelan’s addition to Bir mingham. Ib tho greatest remedy knowui. It oures Poor Appetite, 8our, Bloated Stomach, Pimples, Blotches, Dizziness, Catarrh, Sleeplessness, Loss of Memory, Tired Feeling in the Morning, Palpitation of the Heart and Rheumatism. Thirty; days’ treatment 25 cts. All Druggists. Marvelous! THE HOLD Murray Hill Club Has gained upon alt who know the value of good whiskey. And ita fame will endure Because ’tls abso* lutely pure. This particular brand Forpartlcular people. MURRAY HILL CLUB WHISKEY. *>ai it worn mmik —mc&nftS JOS. A. MAGNUS CO., CINCINNATI, O. u/r niTCB wp keeP PV* IsL UA I Lllerything in the to the liquor line, com EAMIIY prising imported rAmlLl and domestic TDADC BEER, ALE, I RAUt Porter, Wines, Liquors, Liqueurs, popular brands of Whiskies and Cock/ tails. Call for one of our price lists. SOLOMON LEVI, 1918-1930 1st Ave.. BIRMINGHAM, ALA. Both Phones, 1012. Florence Hotel R. B. JONES, I’BopniKToa. Under New Management «bbss» BEST IN THE STftTE Theonly hotol in tna tit/ on the American plan. Headquarters FobCommkroiat, Msy Itiarge Sample Room C entrally Located. Give our porter yocs 'e t f gage. Ue meets alt train and will attend ta yaa; wants. Rates—$2 per dav and in. THE NEW ..METROPOLITAN HOTEL.. Nert to Union Depot, lilrmlnghara, Ala. EUROPEAN PLAN. 160 elegant rooms, provided with nil modern conveniences, from $1.00 upwards. Long and short distance telephones In all rooms. Direct connection from each room with any part of the United States. Our cafe Is the best In the city. METROPOLITAN HOTEL CO. Hotel Albert 8ELMA, ALA. New management. House refitted. Exceptionally fine cuisine. Electric Elevators and Lights. LOUIS RAVENEL CO., Proprietors, PIANO PRESTIGE la gained not only by the num ber of instruments disposed of, but also by the use of them by the greatest artists. THE MA SON HAMLIN Is used and endorsed by Bauer, Sieveking, Moszkowski, Nikisch, Gallico, Mason, Pauer and a great number of others of the greatest musicians In tha world. We are sole agents. E. E. FORBES PIANO 00. J. H. HOLCOMBE, Vice-President and Manager, 2018 SECOND AVE. WILCOX TANSY PILLS For 20 years the only safe and reliable Fe male Regulator fbr all troubles.Relieves within 3 days. At druggists, or by mall. Price, St. Free trial of ‘‘Tansy'’ and “Woman’s Safe Guard” tor 10c. Address Wilcox Specific Medicine Co., 829 North 15th St.. Philadelphia, P*

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OFFICE FURNITURE SALE! THE FIRST SOLID CAR OF DESKS ROLL TOP, BO STYLES. •LAT TOP. 30 STYLES. DOUBLE FLAT TOP. TYPEWRITER OF ALL KINDS CHAIRS POLISHED SEATS. REVOLVINO SCREW AND TILT. CANE SEATS. ALL LEATHER. PATENT TYPEWRITER, DIRECTORS' CHAIRS OF ALL KINDS. STOOLS CANE SEATS. WOOD SEATS. HIOH STOOLS with CANE BACKS. STOOLS FOR STORES. SPECIALTIES ON SALE. The Globe-Weralcke Filing Cabinets and Book Cases. Patent Swinging Typewriter Stand to at tach to desk. Letter Files and Indexes. Largest Stock of Office Furniture in the South. We flt your office from top to bottom. BEN M. JACOBS BROS., 2011 First Ave., Birmingham, Ala. MORE MEN KILLED. Member of the Riddle Faction De scribes the Fight. Eufaula, I. T., September 23.—Describ ing the feud fight between the Brooks nnd Riddle factions at Spokogee, I. T„ in which Willis, John nnd Clifford Brooks and "old man" Riddle were killed and John Brooks mortally -wounded. James McFarland of the Riddle party last night said: "Willis Brooks and his two sons. Cliff and John, came to Spokogee armed and met Riddle at the postoflice. John Brooks stopped the old man and threatened to kill him. I was standing on the corner and Riddle ran arid Willis Brooks threw a cartridge Into his gun and said he would Telll Riddle for luck.' He fired and missed, but Clift Brooks then shot Riddle In the back and head as he ran out. He fell dead. He was un armed. John Brooks then told his father to look at me standing on the corner. Willis Brooks and his boys began firing at me and I returned the fire. Willis Brooks fell, arose and began shooting again, hut finally fell for good. The boys went down, shooting to the last.” McFarland and the other Rlddleites surrendered and arc In Jail. Advertisements Written amd Placed. Address i Golden'Gate Advertising Co„ San Fr&jvcisco, Cal. I jtehfefaetrrseonORCHESTRA JOHN CAIMAN. DIRECTOR. Is open,for engagement. Ask for open dates. Birmingham Conservatory of Music. Phone 740. IT’S BUSINESS —NOT— SENTIMENT When you go to buy a Piano Why not profit by the experi ence of such noted artists as RAFAEL JOSEFFY, JOSEF HOFMANN, HENRY T. FINCK, RUBINSTEIN, FRANK LISZT, PADEREWSKI, And hundreds of others, and buy the "STEINWAY” and KNABE [We are sole state represen tatives and can furnish the latest designs and best cases Write for cataJogues or •phone us. Either ’phone 87, fend we will call and see you.’ Jesse French Piano and Organ Co. Jf. B CHAMBERLAIN, City Sales Manager IF YOU WANT -T0 REN1 OR BUY HOME —CALL ON— CULLOM BROS. 2007 FIRST AVE. STANDARD LOAN 03 2008 FIRST AVENUE, Loans money on watches, diamonds. Jewelry, pis tols. guns, mechanics' tools, musical Initru ments. Old gold and silver bought. Un redeemed pledges tor sale, m birminghamToan co. Jff 116 N. TWENTIETH ST. The oldest, most reliable loan office In the city. Money loaned on watches, dia monds. Jewelry, guns and pistols. Bar gains In unredeemed pledges. Easiness strictly confidential. Old gold and sfivei bought B. WALD. Prop. LAND TITLES. ABSTRACTS OF TITLE CERTIFICATES OF TITLE TITLES GUARANTEED A GENERAL TITLE BUSINESS Tints four title as you would your house Birmingham Title and Guaranty Co, CAPITAL $100,000. IE Slat St Birmingham. Ala MUSTER IN OF THE BRA NDONAR TILLER Y A BRILLIANT EVEN!

MISS HELEN SMITH. WHILE the muster-ii* ceremony of thp Brandon Light Artillery last evening in the National Guard s armory was attended with all the im pressive simplicity and yet all the for mality due so memorable an occasion, the military significance of the event was in danger of being overlooked when the ball, which was danced later In the even ing, reached its brilliant height. This event, assembling hundreds of guests, was attended by many of the commissioned officers of the state, invi tations having been issued to all the commissioned officers in the Alabama National Guard. Several members of Governor Jelks staff were present and with the large number of military men and the many fair women who graced the occasion, the armory presented a scene that could not have been equalled in beauty and brilliancy. As a setting for the gold lace and braid and the uniforms of the men and i the beautiful toilettes worn by the ladies was a blue and crimson interior. The armory was ablaze with color. About the balcony was draped yards of red bunting, against which the blue colors of the artillery were in striking contrast. From the four corners of the armory to the central chandelier was draped red and blue bunting and beneath the balcony hung the American colors, spreading in fan shape the entire length of the ar mory, not unlike a brilliant freize. About the lower walls ran a dado of blue and red bunting, elaborately festooned and the improvised stage was massed in bright colors, the blue being usued as a background for a red drapery. At the rear of the stage hung an American flag of immense proportions. The dazzling color scheme was somewhat relieved by the grouping of palms about the plat form. The parlors were elaborately decorated in the artillery colors. About the tall pil lars and between the windows the red ana blue bunting was massed, the colors alternating in the decoration of the pil lars. The ceiling was similarly draped, the bunting extending to the central chandeliers. The Caiman stringed orchestra fur nished the music and light refreshments were served, a bevy of pretty girls pre siding at the launch bowl. The ball was a late one and was in every w’ay one of the most beautiful in the state's history. In the military annals of Alabama no event has ever been characterized with quite the social Importance as the mus ter-in of the Brandon artillery In the organization are nun prominent in Elr THE STRENUOUS LIFE A Great Strain. No one disputes the fact that we are living in a ‘•rapid" age; it is rush, rush, rush from morning until night,'and com petition is so fierce that the struggle does not cease until the machine is worn out. Women, too, even when surrounded by every comfort, become infected by the common spirit, and what with their clubs and many social duties, have no time j to give thought to their physical well- being, until they are suddenly brought j to a sharp realization of the fact that nothing in their lives is so important as attention to correct, or rational living. It may surprise the readers to learn that women are more prone to piles than men. and In most cases, because it is difficult j to Impress upon them the importance of regular movements of the bowels; irreg ularity means straining at stool, and straining means piles, with the certainty (under the usual methods of treatment) that the sufferer will "have them always with her;" by "usual methods" is meant the application of salves or lotions, or (as a last resort) a surgical operation. If there is a complaint which entails more distress and suffering upon those afflicted than piles, or hemorrhoids, it is not known to the writer; fortunately, how ever, these are learning that there is a remedy that effectually cures all forms of piles; it is known as the Pyramid'Pile Cure, is in suppository form, is applied directly to the parts, and does its work quickly and painlessly; it is sold by druggists for fifty cents a package, or will be mailed by the makers to any ad dress, upon receipt of price. Mrs. John H. Castona, 2942 Arch St., Chicago, says; "I must write you that I was cured of a very aggxavtlng ease of itching and bleeding piles by the use of the great rem edy, Pyramid Pile Cure, even after sev eral physicians had claimed there was no cure except by an operation. I am well now. and owe all to this valuable rem edy. I cannot say enough for it." Write the Pyramid Drug Co.. Marshall, Mich., for their little book on the cause and cure of piles. mIngham'3 clubs and well known In the financial world, which naturally lends an added prestige to the battery. The interest expressed by Governor Jelks in the organization and the prompt assistance which it has received at the hands of the state made the oc casion of last evening one of much mili tary importance aside from its social brilliancy. Governor Jelks' Interest in the organization made his unavoidable absence in New York all the more re gretted. In addition to the military leaders of the state who W'ere present were several army officers and a large contingent of society. Miss Kate Smith, the sponsor of the Brandon Light artillery, is a beautiful young woman, and on the occasion of the ball wore an exquisite gown of white silk chiffon over silk, the bodice being worn high and finished with lace. She LIEUT. HENRY M. BANKHEAD. was at all times the center of a brilliant group, and was the most admired beauty of the ball. Additional Interest centered about her among the officers and the vis iting military when it was known that she was the sister of Capt. Edward D. Smith of the Brandon battery. Miss Smith's maids of honor were Miss Anne Roberts, Miss Marjorie Catchings and Miss Lucy Dwyer, three of the love liest bells in the state. They wore white ball gowns and wrere among the acknowl edged belles and beauties of the even ing. The patronesses of tho ball were: Mrs. Felix Drennen, Airs. F. Y. Anderson, Airs. J. W. McQueen, Airs. W. H. Kettig, Mrs. Sydenham Aloore, Mrs. J. W. Peters, Mrs. E. AI. Tutwiler, Airs. Walker Percy, Airs. J. B. Cobbs. Airs. Charles Stillman. Airs. Tom O. Smith, Mrs. H. S. Alat thews, Airs. John D. Elliott, Airs. Al. V. Joseph, Airs. Samuel Adler, Mrs. J. T. Henley, Mrs. R. H. Pearson, Mrs. Hugh ATorrow. Airs. Robert Jemlson, Sr., Airs. W. E. Davis, Airs. R. H. Baugh, Airs. E. J. McCrossin, Mrs. James Bowron, Mrs. C. S. Hayden, Airs. J. L. Frazier, Mrs. E. H. Cabaniss, Airs. S. D. Weak ley, Airs. S. E. Thompson, Airs. H. H. Mayberfy, Airs. Al. P. G. llardlng, Airs. W. A. Chenoweth, Airs. C. S. Alunger, Mrs. Merrill Northington, Airs. Francis E. Butler. Others invited to receive were: Miss Bertha Eatherly, Miss Minnie Eatherly% Aliss Jennie Hood, Miss Louise Walker, Aliss Louise Howell, Alias Virginia Reese, Aliss Jennie B. Handley, Aliss Alarian Hamilton. Aliss Haldle Aleade, Aliss Alma Cooper, Aliss Janie Aloore, Aliss Alary Sholl, Aliss Fay Miles, Aliss Alhrgaret Benners, Aliss Bessie I^egrande, Miss Kula Bingham, Aliss Bessie Jemlson, Aliss Sadie Elliott, Aliss Bernard Alackbam, Miss Lizzie Morris Mason, Aliss Mary Alil ner. Miss Carolyne Chisholm, Aliss Erlir.e Crittenden, Aliss Nixon, Aliss Lynda May Handley. Among those invited were: Governor and Airs. Jelks and the members of the governor's staff. Air. and Airs. James Bowron, Colonel and Airs. T. G. Bush, Air. and Airs. T. V. Boardman, Air. and Airs. Robert Baugh, Air. and Airs. Eu gene L. Brow'n, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Brud ley. Mr. Jack Barr, Miss Bowron, Air. and Mrs. Brown, Miss Brown, Aliss Ben Second Fall Exhibit OF LADIES’ AND CHILDREN'S OUTFITTING SPECIALTIES Today, Wednesday, Sept. 24 and Tomorrow, Thursday, Sept. 25. Gome and See Us l You are Heartily Welcome! Our showing this Fall bids fair to be more popular than ever, Ttie Suit—The Waist—Tlie Wrap—Ttie Haberdasberu At this store possess a dash and smartness that enhance tie ap* pearance of all its wearers. !You will like our styles at sight, and continue to like them, for they're different from those seen elsewhere, Opening Specials F^^Yndr^Sorrow 2§ Cents All Linen Handkerchiefs Ten Cents. $S-oo Black Silk WaJsts Three Ninety-Eight. $n.o© Imported Kid Gloves New Fall Shades—All Sizes. Eighty=ffive Cents. $7*5° Ladies’ Runabout Skirts New Model—Flaked Cloth. Five Dollars. ng>o8 Second Ave. “The Fashion” n§>©§ Second Ave. THE CHOICEST RESIDENCE PROPERTY in Birmingham Is Located on THE NORTH HIGHLANDa AU the Street Improvements Have Been Made. PRICES ARE LOWER Than Prevail In Any Other Section of the City. LOTS FOR SALE ON EASY TERMS. birminghamIealty company 117 N. TWENTY-FIRST ST. Our Rental List Now Complete Residences from $8.00 to $75.00 Choice Stores and Offices for Rent MALONE REAL ESTATE INSURANCE CO. Bath Phones 613. 2017 FIRST AVENUE. ners, Mr. Painter Bradley, Mr. and Mrs. John P. Abbott. Major and Mrs. P. Y. Anderson, Mr. B. M, Allen, Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Andrews, Mr. Augustus Ben ners, Mr. Luclen Brown, Mr. Fred Bow ron. Colonel and Mrs. W. W. Brandon, Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Comer, Miss Mlgnon Comer, Judge and Mrs. A. A. Coleman, General Louis V. Clark, Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Cullom, Miss Molly Cullom, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Coughlan. Miss Coughlan, Mr. and Mrs. John M. Caldwell, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Coffin, Mr. and Mrs. George Huntington Clark. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Cameron, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Crawford, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fowlkes, General and Mrs. Frederick Ferguson, Mr. Mor gan Frierson, Mr. Frank Foster, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. deFuniac, Mr. Charles A. Ellis, Mr. Henry Going, (t'olonel and Mrs. Graves, the Misses Graves, Judge and Mrs. Dan Greene, Mr. O. P. Gaut, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Graham, Mr. and Mrs. Henry B. Gray, Mr. and .Mrs Frank Grider, Mr. and Mrs. William P. G. Harding, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hiden, Miss Rebecka Hamilton, Miss Hagood, Col. and Mrs. E. L. Higdon, Capt. and Mrs. J. D. Elliott, Mr. Henry Howze, Dr. Wyatt Hefln, Dr. and Mrs. A. T. Henley, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hughes, Jr., Mr. E. B. Hatcher, Dr. and Mrs. Hardle Johnston, Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Jones. Mr. Hubert Drennen, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. B. Davis, Miss Mary Griffin, Mr. and Mrs. Solon Jacobs, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jem Ison, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Dearborn, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Kirkpatrick, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Kettig. Mr. and Mrs. Charles O. Locke, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Levert, Mr. and Mrs. A. O. Lane, Mr. and Mrs. A. T. London, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Mc Queen, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Austin. Mr. and Mrs. Harry S. Jenkins. Miss Jordan. Miss Leedy, Mr. and Mrs. R. P. McDavid, Miss Moody, Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Molton, Mr. William Mudd Martin, Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Matthews, Mr. and Mrs. Nathan L. Miller, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Mabry, Mr. Ranse Mabry, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Morrow, Dr. Lewis C. Morris, Mr. L. B. Musgrove, Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Nesbitt, Dr. and Mrs. Samuel Faust Nabers, Mr. and Mrs. Merrill Pratt Northington, the Misses Nabb, Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Orr, Miss Flora Orr, Mr. John C. Pugh. Mr. W. A. Porter, Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Pearson, Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Plnckard, General and Mrs. Rufus N. Rhodes, Mr. Ersklne Ramsay, Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Roden, Miss Roden, ex-Gover nor and Mrs. Sims, Mr. and Mrs. George Crutkshank, Mr. and Mrs. Addison G. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Shipman, Colonel and Mrs. A. M. Shook, Mr. Pas cal Shook. Major and Mrs. E. M. Tut wiler, Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Taliaferro, Mr. and Mrs. Augustus Wilkinson, Mr. and Mrs. James Weatherly, Miss Weatherly, (Continued on Seventh Page) __STRAYED OR STOLEN. LOST. STRAYED OR STOLEN^A~per fect fitting shoe if you buy them else where than D. B. Luster, 217 19th st, Birmingham. 9-10-tf _PERSONAL. MASSAGE—Experienced masseuse de sires patients for massage treatment. Address Masseuse, care Age-Herald 9-19-7t SENSIBLE “young lad>-r$65,000 In prop erty. $115 monthly income, is sincere in desiring an affectionate husband; make home happy. Address Hattie, Box 675, Chicago, III. MISCELLANEOUS. CREDIT tr reliable parties. Diamonds and watchea, jewelry, stlverwaie and clocks, cn small weekly or monthly pay ments; lowest prices; best quality; gcodr guaranteed; will call If desired J. Lowinsohn. 200S Flrat avenue. 11-24-tf TO EXCHANGE—Suspender factory for real estate. Address Suspender Facto ry. Age-Herald.8-31-lOt-su-wed. REAL E8TATE. fchTrentT^ $22.50—G-room house; 2711 7th avenue, north. $25—6-room house; new and modern; 1020 North 17th street. $35—7-room bouse; modern and new; Ave nue H, between 29th and 30th streets. $35—7-room house; modern and new; 12th street. South Highlands. $50—9-room modern furnace-heated house 1220 South 20th street. $50—8-room house; modern; 1007 South 21st street. $75—Handsomely furnished, new South Highland home. FOR SALE. $500 to $750 each for nice Fountain Heights lots. $1025—Four-room cottage, two blocks of Woodlawn school and car line; lot lOOx 128. We have other houses for rent and large list of other property for Bale R. M’CONNELL CO., Bell People's phones 46. 220 21st SL FOR RENT. One brick store, Second avenue. One frame store and rooms, Twentieth street, corner Eleventh alley. One pretty home! corner Twelfth avenue and Twentieth street. Several 4 and 5-room cottages. All on Northside. FOR SALE. Property In city, Bessemer and several nice acre plots. N. H. Sewallt 2024 THIRD AVENUE. Model Sign Placer, 216 N. Twentieth street and Twenty-fifth street and Second avenue. Every facility for sign work. Get our prices. Hermitage. 9-19-tf ONE CENT A WORD. RATES—lo. a word a day; no ad. taken for lesB than 26e for first In sertion. Cash must accompany every order. $25,000 Per Month to Loan by “The Alabama Home” to Build Homes. Borrowers given many valuable option* of settlement. The limit of cost 1* lower In this a.-soclatlon than In anv other com pany. Apply to W. V. M. ROBERTSON, 5009 First Avenue. General Manager. _ WANTED. WANTED Customers tor »now cases and iron safes; all prices. Alabama Grocery Co. 1-1-tf WANTED—One pair second-hand plat form scales; capacity must be 300 pounds. Address Scales, care Age-Her ald. _ 9-19-tf WANTED—Financial assistance In plac ing on the market a machine for pick ing cotton. Will sell Interest In patent for sole purpose of manufacturing. Ad dress F. L. C., care Age-Herald. 9-23-2t WANTED—Everybody in Alabama to buy a pair of my stylish fall shoes. I guarantee every pair. D. B. Duster, the practical shoo man, 217 North 19th st. 9-10-tf. __SITUATION WANTED,' WANTED—Position as stenograpfier~~by bright. Intelligent young woman who has had no experience, but who is very anxiuus for work and willing to start on small salary. Address S. E. A., care Age-Herald. 9-24-3t EXPERIENCED lady stenographer de sires position. Speed in shorthand 150 words a minute, and on the machine 40 words. Best of references. Address Stenographer, care Age-Herald. WANTED—Position as maid or house keeper by young white woman who has had experience in tills kind of work; good references. Address C. E, H., care Age-Herald. 8-23-2t _ HELP WANTED—MALE. WANTED—An active educated marT*"of business ability for special work In Bir mingham. Weekly salary or guarantee paid. Give age, experience and refer ence. Dodd, Mead Co., New York 8-23-24-25-30-10-1-2. WANTED—Two news agents to run on trains out of Selma. Must have $10. security and a blue uniform. Union News Co., Selma. Ala. 9-24-2t WANTED—Young men everywhere, copy letters, home evenings, $7 week. Send addressed enevelope for particulars. Filbert Dept. 7, Box 1411, Philadelphia, Pa. WANTED—Six union carpenters. Apply at once to W. II. Eatman, repair man. at 2017 1st avenue. 9-24-2t DO YOU WRITE ADS?-Sent. Caress today on your business stationery for Invaluable Information free. Harper Syndicate, Columbus. Ohio. ^10-2-tf-we-fr-mo WANTED for U. 8. Army: Able-bodied, unmarried men, between ages of 21 and 86, citizens of United States, of good character and temperate habits, who can speak, read and write English. For Information apply to Recrnlting Officer. 7 North 20th street, Birmingham, Ala. 7-2-Wpd-f H-mnn-tn-O-SA ^JNTTE D--F E M A L r. LTCDlES writing at home evenings, $7 per week. Particulars free to all. Bond addressed envelope. Filbert Dept. 7, Box 1411, Philadelphia, Pa, BOARDER** WANTED. WANTED—Roomers and table hoarders, 2017 5th avenue. 9-14-14t BOARDERS WANTED Front room, with or without board; home comforts. 509 N. 22d street. 9-24-21 WANTED—Boarders, 603 23rd street, north._ 9-21-6t ROOMS WANTED. WANTED—To rent, a room on North side, by young lady who is employed during day. Private family preferred. L. G. L., care Age-Herald. FOR SALE. —jonnson grass nay ior saio in carload lots bj' W. P. Munden Co., Hamburg. Ala. 9-2]-14t FOR SALE—Boarding house business on northside; 18 rooms, kitchen and din ing-room. Fully equipped, four blocks from postoffice; lease on house for one year transferred. Apply to W. H. Tharp Co., 2004 3rd avenue. 9-23-St I OFFER FOR sale for few days, four shares capital stock of St. Stephens Oil Co., of Birmingham, Ala. Shares $100 each. This well is now being bored in Washington county; also two shares capital stock Mobile Development Co. shares $100 each. Address C. E. McLeon, Mobile, Ala. 9-21-4t FOR SALE—That beautiful lot at the corner of 10th ave. and 23rd street, south, facing 220 feet on iftth ave. Must be sold at once for a division of the property; if you want a bargain call and see us at once. John G. Smith Co. 9-:.i-3t-sun-wed-sun FOR RALE—If you want a lot 50x190, worth $250, for $125, West End, close to Powderly electric car, come see Wesley M. Smith, with S. Bethea Co. FOR SALE—Choice young stock in White Wyandottes, Barred ar.d White Ply mouth Rocks and Buff Orpingtons. All standard breed. Also four Toms and 8 or 10 turkey hens. M. B. Address Mrs. D. Johnson, manager, Spring Park Farm. Antioch. P. O., R. R. No. 15, Davidson county, Tenn. 9-17-4t-wed-su _ „_FOR RENT." FOR RENT—The Lyman residence on 19th street, South Highlands, after Oc tober 1, 1902. Inquire of Mims B. Stone. 9-20-7t FOR RENT—A fine stored ~No~2113 2nd ave. F. L. Demere, Room 12, Potter Bldg., 1917% 1st ave. 9-9-St-tu-sat STORE'FOR RENT—208-210 21st street. 40x100, with well lighted basement. Ap ply J. R. Adams, 20S% 21st street. 9-18-tf EUROPEAN HOTELFOR RENT—Am ple space for office; diningroom and bar on ground floor. Twenty-five to fifty rooms. First class passenger elevator; central location. Apply to J. R. Adams, 208% 21st street. 9-21-tf FOR RENT—Very desirable 6-room 2 story residence. All modern conveni ences; large garden, 715 South 30th st., best neighborhood in city. Apply to E. J: McCrossin, 321 Chalifoux building. 9-17-tf _ _ FOR RENT—Store7~l925 2nd avenue. Ap ply to J. R. Adams.J»8% 21st st._9-3-tf FOR~SALE^$lGOOr six-room house on car line at West End; in good condition: city water, telephone connection, stable, fine grape vines, fruit trees and flow ers. Address J. A. X, care Age-Herald. 9-3-tf _ TYPEWRFTER for rent Slater, 'phone 966, 6-17-wed-frl-su-tf roomsfor^rent. FOR^RENT—Roorns^over 218 North 2ftth street. J. R. Adams, 208% 21st street 9-12-tf __ _ FOR RENT—A nicely furnished room in new house, with modern conveniences, including hot and cold bath and elec tric lights; easy walking distance to business portion of city; block from car line. Day board convenient. Apply room 401 Jefferson County bank build ing, phene 300.__ 9-16-tf pt>R RENT Two nicely furnished rooms; references required. Apply 1807 Avenue J. People's phone 646. FOU npT~ i OUND-A beauty, comfort and wear In D. B. Luster stylish shoes, 217 N. 19th st., Birmingham, Ala. 9-10-tf ONE CENT A WORD. RATES—le. a word a day; no ad taken for leas than 25c tor first In sertlon. Cash must accompany evary order. MONEY TO LEND.”” inrr^roD THING TO KNOW u 5> Just where to borrow money on FURNI TURE. PIANOS or CHATTELS of any description without delay. ALSO LOANS TO SALARIED EM PLOYES ON THEIR PERSONAL NOTH withou* Indorser or publicity. Call and be convinced that our plan Is the cheapest and best In the city. Private Interviewing looms with dlffe'ent entrance and exit RELIABLE—REASONABLE. Globe Security Trust Co,. 1926 First Avenue (Up Stain), 7~ '7- HEAL ESTATE._ FOR SALE. 40 acres, suitable for sub-division; 66Ox 2640 feet; and fronts a macadam road on the 660-foot end and 100 yards of car line. $17,500—Brick property now renting for per cent on $21,000; terms cash, bal ance easy with 6 per cent interest. $3:0—Lot in lront of Princeton on West End car line. Terms easy. $2<6 cash—Lot 31^x200 feet, fronts south; 2% blocks of Baker’s store, Jonesyilla; nice houses around it: good bargain. FOR RENT. 601 North 19th street; 8 rooms. Three nice offices, Graves building, 3d avenue, cheap to right parties. Room* all connected, inside blinds in nice fl^c. 1607 3d HVe.. 16 rooms, $50. 8 rooms, Smithfield Highlands, $12.50. No. 1900 avenue Iv. 7 rooms, gas, etc., ser vant’s house. $27.50. L. G. PFTTYJOHN, Phone 465. 1826H Third Avenue. FOR SALE. $5000—Half cash, balance to suit; 20-acre truck and dairy farm, between Birming ham and Bessemer; 7 dwellings renting for $660 per year, 1 grist mill, water power; 1 Monger gin. good patronage. See us for particulars. $600 cash, balance $15 per month; price $1000; 100x190 feet, with 2 houses, at West End, on car line. $2500—$1000 cash, balance 1, 2 and 3 years; good 2-story 6-room residence and two halls, in good repair; 13th avenue, be tween 17th and 18th streets; very de sirable. $2000—$800 cash, balance monthly; good ,6 room cottage renting for $22.50 per month; 18th street, near 8th avenue, north. $1850—6-room and 3-room houses; lot 25x1*49 feet; rents for $24 per month; 6th ave nue, near 26th street. $300—$50 cash, balance $10 per month; lot 50x140 feet, near Hillman station, Ely ton; lies well. SMITH STILLMAN. 2004V6 First Avenue. f un SAl^iU. $16,500—A magnificent Highland avenue home. Perfect condition and must be seen to be appreciated. $15,000—A splendid brick veneered resi dence, South Highlands, on 20th street. Every modern convenience. This plaqe must be seen to be &pn eclated. $8000—A first-class residence on lot 50x190 feet, on 5th avenue, north. This is a rare bargain to anyone wanting a home on the northside. $15,500— An elegant residence on corner lot, 100x120, northside, location very de- J sirable. s $4000- Vacant lot, 95x240 feet, 11th avenue. M south: fronts south; an extra -fine lot. Call and let us show you these unui- w ually nice pieces of property. T. H. MOLTON CO. FOB B* NT. Elegant, furnished :ne. South High- I lands. FOR BAIjB. $lu,000.00—Elegant home, South 19th St. 6,000.00—8-room house, now. fine lot. I South Highlands. 5.000.00—8-room hourc. N. 19*'*i Pt. 2,500.00—Corner lot. 80x240, N. H!ghlandp. 1,500.06—2 acres In North Bit mlngham., $15,000.00—Elegant home, large grounds. We have other valuable resi dence and bulkiest pr jportUs fof sale. C. L. ST1CKNEY CO* 2005 1st Ave. Phones. 6u0. DWELLINGS FOR RENT—NORTHSIDE $30—7-room house; 2329 3rd avenue. $1f—4-room house; Elinor station. Wood lawn car. $45—10 rooms, 719 23d st. $30—1316 24th street $32.50—410 24th street. $20— Fountain Heights. $42.50—S-room house, 2430 4th avenue. $25—6 rooms. 17th ave. and 16th st., North. DWELLINGS—SOUTHSIDE. $45—10-room; 1620 12th avenue. $35—8-room; Virginia and 13th avenues. $45—8-room; 1706 14th avenue; new. $40—8-room; 1701 14th avenue; new. $40—8-room: 1705 14th avenue; new. $40—9-room; 1127 11th avenue: new. $40—9-room; 931 11th avenue: new. STORE 209-211 North 20th street. 402 North 18th street. 1728 4th avenue. 1730 4th avenue. 404 North 18th street. MESSER-IViOORE INS. REAL ESTATE CO.f ’Phones 819. 224 North 21st St. FOR RENT. Dwellings—Northside. 2125—7th avenue: 7 rooms; modern; $45. 2615 4th avenue; 4 rooms; $15. Dwellings—Southside. 607 23rd street; 4 rooms; $15. Stores—Northside. 1918 Morris avenue; cheap. 3920 Morris avenue; cheap. A. R. DEARBORN CO., 1921 First Ave. Phone 1102. 9-21-7t _ __ FOR RENT—POSSESSION OCTOBER 1. No. Rooms. 410 North 25th st. 7 $35.00 1703 Eighth ave.. North. 8 45.00 1220 Eleventh ave.. North 7 25.00 1713 Seventh ave.. North 7 37.50 1301 Eleventh ave.. South.. 8 35.00 1219 Avenue K 40.00 1223 South 20th st. 8 50.00 1415 Eleventh ave.. South 8 45.00 2128 Highland ave. 7 50.00 1728 Tenth ave., South. 7 40.00 1027 South 19th st. 7 50.00 13th ave. and 12th st., south.. 8 40.00 1810 Avenue H 7 35.00 “Forpey House,” College Hill 8 40.00 STORES AND OFFICES. Store on Powell ave., between 19th and 20th st., and several nice up stairs and ground floor offices. W. b. LEEDY CO. McDAVTD CO. $2000—6-room cottage near Richmond Place, Belvlew avenue; sewer connec tion. 266x140 railroad front. 27th st., between 6th and 7th avenues, North; good man ufacturing location. Elegant 10-room residence. new, on South Highlands, $o500. Water, gas and electric connections. Verms easy. Coal lands in Walker and Winston coun ties for sale. Call at office for location and price. $8000—50x140 2nd ave., between 17th and 18th st., cash. $2000 cash will buy handsome lot on Highland ave. boulevard, 100x140 in swell neighborhood. We have Borne choice lots in Owenton at $250 on street car line. They are going fast at this price. Real Estate and Insurance in Birming ham Savings Bank, 1923 First avenue. M'DAVID CO. 7-25-eod-tf.

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We move In lust two weeks and nave several ot tnose Born Steel RANGES lett. wortn $50 and $45. now i $40 and $35.00 If bought before October I. I NOW 1919 Second five, niter October l, 1905 Third Ave. AMERICAN DISTRICT TELEGRAPH COMPANY llaln Office With W re tern Union Tele graph Company. HELIABL.E M f9SEI*QCR9 Furnished for any Purpose. Note* and Packages promptly deliverei PHONES 19- Either Company BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL. ED. E>. WILLIAMS Manaoer Morphine and Whiskey habitstt rated without pain or confinement. Cure guar anteed at Sanitarium or no pay. B. h. vKAh, Man’gr I.ithia Springs Cure Co., Drawer A, Austell,Ga. liomeftreatment sent If preferred. Correspondence strictly confidential. LADIES! $500 REWARDS suppression, any cause in pathology, my monthly reg. falls to relieye; safe, harmless; mail; now long sup r n*» n».. fhietM GARBER WILL NOT FILE] PROTEST Positive Statements Are Made to This Effect LOWE MAY BE CHAIRMAN Committee Will Be In Session But a Short While—Only the Election of a Chairman May Cause Delay. The state democratic committee will meeet In Montgomery today for the pur pose of declaring the result of the re cent primary in which Massey Wilson and Alex M. Garber were contestants for the democratic nomination for attor ney general. The election returns as published gave Mr. Wilson a majority over Mr. Gar ber of about 3000, but for several days it has been current gossip that Mr. Gar ber would file a contest with the com mittee today on the ground that there were irregularities in some of the re turns giving Mr. Wilson majorities. No Contest. A special telegram from Montgomery to the Age-Herald received at midnight last nlglit states that the friends of Mr. Garber have announced positively that there would be no contest. This is con clusive as Mr. Garber has left the mat ter entirely in the bands of bis friends and will abide by their decision. Another important action of the com mittee will be the election of a new chair man and a secretary. It Is stated that the present presiding officer, Robert J. Lowe of Birmingham, will be opposed by H. S. D. Mallory of Selma. The latter has been endorsed by his county commit teemen, but the former has received sev eral endorsements. Scretary John C. j Pugh will probably have no opposition. The New Committee. The new committee la composed of the following thirty-six members: First Division—J. J. King, W. A. Carter, T. M. Stevens, Howard Douglas. Second District—W. H. Samford, Ten nant Lomax, J. R. Porterfield, W. C. Coker. Third District-H. H. Foster, A. H. Merrill, R. H. Arrington, E. Herndon Glenn. Fourth District—W. A. Austin, D. M. White, J. J. Harlan, B. C. Jones. Sixth District—George A. Searcy, R. A. Orear, C. Brooks Smith, G. B. Wimber ley. Seventh District—W. I. Bullock. R. A. Mitchell, J. L. Herring, J. H. Helgs. Eighth District—J. H. Nathan, J. F. Proctor, John C. Eyster, W. A. Givans. Ninth District—R. H. Thach, Jones G. Moore, J. B. Christian, B. F. Roden. Helpless. From the Baltimore American. "How many servants *~o you keep?" asks the first matron. "I didn't keep twenty-two last year," confesses the worried housekeeper. JEFFERSON THEA TRE Wednesday Matinee and Night, September 24th. •'THE REAL FELLOWS” MURRAY AND MACK Apt pupils from the merrymaking school, who stand out like a beacon light In a desert of old and time-worn alleged Irish comedians, appearing in a swirl of merri ment that provokes laughter from the I most exacting critics. A NIGHT ON BROADWAY. Such Girls! Such Fun! Such Music! TONIGHT and balance of week, mati nees Thursday and Saturday. FELIX AND BARRY’S Big Company 7—Seven Acts—7 DR. O. T. DOZIER, PHYSICIAN, 8URGEON AND EX PERT SPECIALIST. Treats successful ly all N e r v o u a Blood, Skin, Rec t a 1, Ve n e r a a 1 Genlto-Urlnary and Chronlo Diseases, Female Complaints and Delicate Disor ders of Men and Women. Nearly all operations of surgl fcal character done WITHOUT PAIN to the patient And every form or rmvATA DISEASE, Bextml,Weakness, etc., etc., are cured un der plain guarantee. All confidences held Inviolate. Consultations at office or by mall in vlted without charge. Treatment by mall for those who can not visit me. No written prescriptions. I furnish all medicines. Question blanks for man or woman sem free on application. DR. DOZIER is a graduate In every branch of medical and surgical science, has twenty-five years’ experience, a na tlonal reputation, and Is Indorsed by the press, national banks nnd thousands or patrons as the most expert and rellabb specialist In the south. Montgomery Advertiser: Dr. Dozier Is Indorsed by the press and people of every section of Alabama. The Southern Odd Fellow: We cannot add anything to the reputation Dr. O T. Dozier has already acquired In the line of his profession, but we know him to be a brother Odd Fellow that can be relied on to carry out every promise he makes to those needing his services. Masonic Guide: Dr. Dozier comes from a family of prominent physicians, and with his full store of medical knowledge and his large experience In his profession can be relied on to treat disease in the most successful manner. Age-Herald: His long record and ap proved abilities entitle him to the proud distinction of standing at the head of his profession. Office# Third avenue and Nineteenth street, Birmingham. Ala. MOVING Will be in our new store, 2018 First avenue, in few days. Ttme to buy Bulbs. AMZI GODDEN CO., Saad Merchants. CROP REPORT IS QUITE FAVORABLE WEEK DECIDEDLY COOL IN THE SOUTH ATLANTIC STATES AND THE MISSOURI VALLEY—CORN IS NOT HURT. Washington, September 23.—Agricult ural weekly crop conditions: The temperature conditions were gen erally favorable In all districts east of the Rock Mountains, although the week was decidedly cool in the south Atlantic states and Missouri valley. Heavy rains retarded work In Florida, portions of the central and west gulf states and portions of the upper Mississippi and Missouri valleys, while a large part of the middle and south Atlantic states needs rain for fall plowing and pasturage. Frosts oc curred in the Rock Mountain districts, Missouri and upper Mississippi valleys and lake regon, but were less damaging than those of the previous week. No further material damage by frosts had been sustained by the corn crop dur ing the week. The reports Indicate, how ever, that a large part of the late crop, over the northern districts, has been very seriously injurued. Over the southern portion of the corn belt an exceptionally fine crop is now assured. Cotton Is very nearly all open and pick ing has been actually carried on, being practlally completed In sections. In Flor ida, Texas and portions of Loulslna and Mlssissipp rains have'caused consderable damage to *pen cotton, but were of con siderable benefit to the late planted in Texas and Oklahoma In Mississippi a light top crop may mature under favor able conditions, and while new blooms are reported from other portions of the central and eastern districts, they will scarcely mature. It will require about ten days to ma ture l&te tobacco In Kentucky. Else where cutting has been finished and the crop Is curing satisfactorily. Plowing and fall seeding have progress ed favorably except In portions of the middle Atlantic states where the soil is to dry. AMUSEMENTS. AT THE JEFFERSON. Wednesday—Matinee and Night— Murray and Mack. AT THE BIJOU. Polite Vaudeville all the week. “A Trip to China Town.” At the Jefferson last night "A Trip to Chinatown" was presented before a fair sized audience by a capable com pany, headed by W. M. Mack, Jack Campbell and Sylvia Starr. The com edy is one of Hoyt’s brightest and is filled with uproarish scenes which force laughter even from the unwilling. The plot is merely Incidental, giving room for a number of specialties. The presentation was better than Is usually seen after a play has reached the same number of years before the the atrical public. Jack Campbell takes the part of Welland Strong, while W. K. Mack plays Ben Gay and Miss Star does what is required of the character termed Mrs. Geyer, the widow. There are other parts taken in mediocre manner by actors who are not especially clever, but good. Each person on the programme is called upon for a specialty and In most cases responds pleasingly. The singing specialty of Miss Starr and Mr. Campbell is strikingly clever and brought much applause from the audi ence. Percy Walling also did a good specialty. At the Bijeu. Another enthusiastic audience greeted the players at the Bijou last night. The new house is proving one of the most at tractive places ever opened here, and the offering of the management is being applauded on all sides. At the matinee yesterday afternoon a rather good-sized audience witnessed the bill also. Felix and Barry, the headline, were applauded even more last night than on the opening night. Their act is filled with comedy, humor and good singing. The acrobatic work of the man is an added part. Miss Comer was able to make a better presentation last night on account of the improvement in music by the or chestra. The Taneans and the Sisters Gebest came In for their usual amount of applause—which is much—for the graceful turn they did. Arthur Buckner pleased in the same manner as on Monday night and upon his previous trip to Birmingham when he was presented under the old management. His work is clever and daring as well. The others on the bill helped make it a success. Murray and Mack. Murray and Mack, In successful musi cal gayety, are announced for this after noon and night at the Jefferson theatre. This musical comedy Is In three acts, and although It borders on comic or light opera. Inasmuch as It coiitains an orig inal book and scores of eighteen num tnr.s, nevertheless it relinquishes all claim to this title, as it admits of many vaudeville and specialty features. The company is a large one, numbering forty people. BIDS FOR STATE CONVICTS. Office of Inspectors of Convicts. Sealed proposals will be received at this i iff ice until Monday, November 10, 1902, for the hire of male state convicts to be worked outside the walls of the peniten tiary. The number subject to hire is ibout GoO, to be delivered Jannuury 1, 1903. No bid will be considered for less than twenty convicts nor for a shorter period than three years. All of said convicts who ore physically able to do so may be worked In mines. The proposals shall state the number of •onvicts wanted, the labor to be per formed and the locality of the same, and no bid will be considered that does not xpressly state the particular place by name at which convicts shall be worked. Convicts hired to be worked in mines, and able to do so. will be classed Into Urst, second and third classes, and the proposals shall state the amount offered per month for each class respectively. The hire for convicts will be due and payable on the 10th of each month for the preceding month. On the envelope shall be Indorsed the words: "Proposal for the Hire of Con victs." The proposals will be opened and considered at this office on the 11th day of November, 1902. The right Is expressly reserved to re ject any and all bids. J. M. CARMICHAEL, President Board of Convict Inspectors. 9-21-9t-su-we-fr We make cuts. Half tone and lined. A are-Herald Publishing Co. DAN PATCH EQUALS WORLD'S RECORD FAMOUS PACER MAKES MILE IN 1:59*4, THE time made by star POINTER AT READVILLE FIVE YEARS AGO. Readvllle, Mass., September 23. Dan Patch, the famous pacer, today equaled the world’s record of 1:59*4 made by Star Pointer on the Readvllle track five years ago. Horsemen who saw Star Pointer’s performance said that the conditions to day were identical, the weather being as near perfect as a day could be. The pacer had his stride from the word and there was not a break for the whole mile. It was not until the third quarter that every one felt convinced that the record was in danger. Up the stretch came the pacer, beating out the runner and flashing under the wire a worthy mate for Star Pointer, his time being 1:69)4. Driver McHenry was wildly cheered and the crowd rushed to the rail to see the horse blanketed and led away. Dan Patch’s trial was made at the New ■ngland Breeders’ association fall meet ing. the programme of which has been ‘curtailed through wholesale withdrawals of horses from fall campaigning on tracks in this state. j ON THE RACE TRACK At Gravesend. New York, September 23.—Osgood, Oom Paul and Emshe were the winning favor ites at Gravesend today, the other events going to well played horses. In the King's Highway steeplechase the top heavy favorite Glenger fell at the Jump opposite the field stand, breaking his neck and dying almost instantly. His rider, Mara, escaped with a bad shaking up. The second choice, Scotch Bush, won the event easily from Hark Forward. Bruns wick, ridden by McGovern, won the third race. This is the boy’s first win on the Metropolitan circuit. H. R. Schaf fer bid up the winner to $1800 and secured him for that price. First race, handicap, about six fur longs—Interval, 102 (Byssen) 15 to 1, won; Examiner, 106 (J. Martin) 3 to 1, second; Erora, 108 (Lyne) 3 to 1, third. Time, 1:12 2-5. Second race, steeplechase handicap, about two miles and a half—Scotch Bush, 342 (Barry) 2 to 1, won; Hark Forward, 142 (Saffell) 10 to 1, won; Satie, 101 (Red fern) 16 to 5, second; Ben Howard, 98 (Michaels) 4 to 1, third. Time, 1:47. Fourth race, five and a half furlongs, selling—Osgood, 102 (Brown) 2 to 1, won; Ella Snyder, 95 (Danzig) 2 to 1, second; Turn Pipe, 97 (Scott) 3 to 1, third. Time, 1:09 1-5. Fifth race, handicap, mile and seventy yards—Oom Paul, 110 (Shaw) 2 to 1, won; Himself, 93 (Redfern) 5 to 1, second; Royal, 121 (Lyne) 8 to 1, third. Time, 1:44 4-5. Sixth race, about six furlongs—Emshe, 116 (Shaw) 6 to 5, won; Labor, 113 (Lan dry) 7 to 1, second; The Talisman, 113 (Smith) 9 to 1, third. Time, 1:1L At St. Louis. St. Louis, September 23.—Scratches, ow ing to a heavy track, spoiled today’s card at D'elmar park. Favorites were bowled over with remarkable precision. Lennep, at 4 to 5, in the sixth race, after a Btiff drive through the stretch, was the only favorite to win. Thack heavy. First race, six and a half furlongs, selling—Mission, 112 (Beauchamp), 9 to 1, won; Tom Collins, 118 (T. Walsh), 14 to 5, second; Annie Ellolt, 106 (Adams), 50 to 1, third. Time, 1:26%. Second race, Six furlongs, selling— Yellow Stone, 99 (Lauden), 8 to 1, won; Arkansas, 96 (Scully), 6 to 1, second; Alvin W., 100 (D. Gilmore), 16 to 1, third. Time, 1:39. Third race, seven furlongs .selling—Our Lady, 97, (D. Gilmore), 4 to 1, won; Doe Skin, 98 (J. O’Connor), 10 to 1, second; Velasquez, 97 (A. W. Booker), 6 to L third. Time, 1:3. Fourth race, Six furlongs, selling— Nearest. 97 (Houbre), 2 to 1, won? If You Dare, 112 (T. Walsh), 2 to 1, second; Halnault, 97 (A. W. Booker), 8 to 5, third. Time, 1:18%. Fifth race, seven furlongs, selling— Aules, 101 (J. Miller), 8 to 1, won; Tickful, 107 (T. Walsh), 2 to 1, second; Dandy Jim, 105 (Gilmore), 8 to 1, third. Time, 1:34%. Sixth race, one mile and 20 yards, sell ing—Lennep, 105 (Battiste), 4 to 5, won; Has Gift. 90 (A. W. Booker), 8 to 1, second; Optimo, 90 (D. Gilmore), 3 to 2, third. Time, 1:48%. SAKS’ BUILDING WILL RISE AGAIN (Continued from Fifth Page). age. The members of the firm declare the stock is almost completely ruined, while insurance men put the loss from 60 to 75 per cent. Nothing will be removed, how ever, until adjusters can take a look through the building and make their es timate. This will be done within a few days. In the store and work rooms of the firm 12J men, women and boys were em ployed as salesmen and In various ca pacities. All these will be be thrown out of employment temporarily. It wras stated, however, that efforts would be m «de to use each person in the new establish ment which the firm will have tempor arily. In some cases the employes have sought temporary positions elsewhere.

ESTRAY NOTICE. The State of Alabama, Jefferson Coun ty. Probate Court. Taken up by W. M. Tyler on the 22d day of September. 1902, and estrayed be fore James A. Ray, a Justice of the peace of Precinct No. 8, a certain horse mule, weight 700 pounds, small, about II years old, closely roached, color light sorrel, no marks, shod all round, and valued at $35. Witness my hand this 23d day of Sep tember, 1902. J. P. STILES. Judge of Probate for Jefferson County. »-24-3t-wed ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. State of Alabama, Jefferson County—Es tate of Albert D. Marks, Deceased. Letters of administration upon the es tate of said decedent having been grant ed to the undersigned on the 23d day of September, 1902, by the Hon. J. P. Stiles, Judge of the probate court of Jefferson county, notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said es tate will be required to present the same within the time allotted by law or that the same will be forever barred. TURNER R. WEAKLEY, General Administrator of Jefferson Coun ty, Birmingham, Ala. 9-24-3t-we For Rent—Large fire proof 8t(ftre in Peoples Home Tele phone Co. Building, 219 N. 18th St Apply at office 2nd floor. COAL BARONS PLAV THEIR UST GAME Contest a Farce and Nobody Knows Result FRANKSMITH WAS CATCHER Billie Smith Did Some Star Pitching. Many of the Players Leave for Their Homes In Vari ous Cities. The Coal Barons played their last card yesterday and the baseball season in Bir mingham forms a part of ancient history. The leaguers played a benefit game' against a team picked from the city league and up to a late hour last night nobody had succeeded In figuring ont the returns. A large crowd was present. Billie Smith did some star pitching for the professionals while Frank Smith played the part of catcher. Having oper ated behind the bat Frank Smith has played in every position on the team dur ing the recent season. Many of the Barons left for their homes In various parts of the country last night while a few of them remained here with the hopes of getting positions which will support them during the win ter. George Reitz went to Chicago while Frank Smith, Sam Brown and Bill Campbell returned to Pittsburg. Frank Smith received a telegram that his wife was very ill and left on a train ahead of the other Pennsylvania men. Helney Delsel returne to Cincinnati and Johnnie Blue went back to Ohio. Wilhelm, Dea ver, Leidy and Billie Smith will remain In town for a few days.

NATIONAL LEAGUE. Philadelphia, 3; Brooklyn, 1. Brooklyn, September 23.—Philadelphia defeated Brooklyn today and had the game won in the first inning. Garvin, formerly of the Chicago American league team, pitched his first game for Brook lyn. Attendance, 1200. Score: R.H.E. Philadelphia.2 0000010 0—3 8 1 Brooklyn .0 0000100 0—1 6 2 Batteries—Frazier and Dooin; Garvin and Ritter. Boston, 2; New York, 1. New York, September 23.—Matthewson lost his own game to the Boston team today as he let In two runs with wild pitches. The only other run made was In New York's half of the eighth inning when Smith scored. Attendance, 1100. Score: R.H.E. Boston .1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-2 6 2 New York.0 0000001 0—1 8 0 Batteries—Pettinger and Moran; Matt hewson and Bresnahan and Robinson. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Philadelphia, 4; Baltimore, 3. Philadelphia, September 23.—A fumble, a base on balls, a sacrifice hit and four singles In the second inning won today's game for the home team. Plank was very effective. Attendance 3830. Score; R.H.E. Baltimore.0 00030000—3 6 2 Philadelphia .0 4000000 4 8 3 Batteries—Katoll and Smith; Plank and Powers. Boston, 14; Washington, 1. Washington, September 23.—Boston scored an easy victory over Washington today, Carrick pitching poorly and the fielding of the home team being of the burlesque variety. Young pitched his usual steady game. Attendance 107. Score; R.H.E. Washington .1 00000000—1 7 8 Boston .0 1404221 0-14 14 2 Batteries—Carrick and Clarke; Young and Criger. Detroit, 5; Cleveland, 0. Cleveland, September 23.—The locals was unable to hit Mercer today. Borner was a puzzle to Detroit after the second Inning. Score: R.H.E. Cleveland .OOOOOOOOu— 0 5 3 Detroit .3 20000000-6 11 2 Batteries—Dorner and Wood; Mercer and Buelow. NOTICE OF SALE Of the Gadsden Land and Improvement Company Property. Under and by virtue of a decree of sale rendered by the chancery court of Eto wah county, Alabama, on the 19th day of September, 1902, in the cause of John H. Noble et al. vs. the Gadsden Land and Improvement Company et al., I will pro ceed to sell on Wednesday, the 15th day of October, 1902, In front of the court house door in Gadsden, Alabama, at pub lic outcry, to the highest bidder, within the legal hours of sale, all the property of said Gadsden Land and Improvement Company, real, personal and mixed, in cluding all franchises, rights of way, easements and every species of property owned by it. The real estate of said company lies In the Kyle addition to the city of Gadsden, and in the Thornton addition to said city, and in the Ewing and Garner addition to said city, as appears in the records of Town Plats "A” of Etowah county, Ala bama, and in the Inventory filed by the receivers, R. A. Mitchell and O. H. Park er, In the office of the register in chan cery, Etowah county, Alabama, Septem ber 10, 1899, which said Inventory correct ly describes the land now’ owned by said company in said additions, except a few lots sold since the filing of said inventory to the Gadsden Pipe Works and others; also all unplatted lands now owned by said company as the same appears in said inventory, consisting of some 159 acres, more or less; also the lands named as belonging to said company in w’hat Is known as the Belle View Highlands, as set out In said inventory, the Intent and purpose being to sell all the property o$ said company, whether specifically in cluded In said description or not; also one Iron safe, desk, chairs, etc. Terms of Sale—One-half cash, balance in equal payments at three and six months, with interest. The further terms of said sale will be found In said decree. R. A. MITCHELL, President Gadsden Land and Improve ment Company. 9-21 to 10-15 NOTICE. Alabama Great Southern Railroad Company. Notice Is hereby given that the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Ala bama Great Southern Railroad company will be held at the office of the company In Birmingham, Alabama, on Wednesday, October 1, 1902, at 10 o’clock a. m.. for the election of director, and the transection of such other business us may be brought before the meeting. R. D. LANKFORD, Secretary. Bmlamlier 2. 1902. 9-2 to 30 Special Importation Imperial Violet Soap 25 GROSS JVST IN Regular Price 25c box of 3 3 oz. Cakes. Jacobs’ Price 15c box. Jacobs’ Pharmacy, Birtkp!a.e of Cut Prices. MOST TO SEE. LEAST TO PAY. 209-211 N. 19th Street. The FIRST NATIONAL BANK of Birmingham, Ala. i STATEMENT TO COMPTROLLER (Condensed) September 15th, 1902. RESOURCES. Loans and Discounts.$2,688,195.61 Overdrafts. 416.44 U. S. Bonds and Premiums 102,500.00 Other Stocks and Bonds.. 10,520.00 Bank Building. 51,000.00 CASH. In Vaults_$ 409,192.27 With Banks.. 1,103,519.10 With U. S. Treasurer 4,870.40 $1,517,581.77 __ $4,370,213.82 LIABILITIES. Capital Stock.$ 250,000.00 Surplus ami Profits. 233,527.03 Reserved for Taxes. 4,657.23 Circulation. 50,000.00 DEPOSITS. individt ai ...$3,379,603.16 Bank. 402,426.’>H United States. 50,000.00 $3,832,029.58 $4,370,213.82 W. P. G. HARDING, President. J. H. WOODWARD, Vice-President J. H. BARR, Vice-President W. W. CRAWFORD, Cashier. A. R. FORSYTH, Assistant Cashier. DIRECTORS—T. T. Hillman, E. M. Tutwiler. B. F. Moore, F. D. Nabers, Rob. ert Jemlson, Erskine Ramsay, F. M. Jackson, T. H. Molton, William A, Walker, W. S. Brown, W. H. Hasslnger, Walker Percy, N. E. Barker, W. P. G. Harding, J. H. Barr. INTEREST ALLOWED ON CERTIFICATES GF DEPOSIT yiTTf/VT/O/V geg um before buying i m Gager’s White Lime, Old Dominion Cement Magnolia Cement, Chattanooga Side Cut Brick, New York Plaster, Montague’s Sewer Pipe, And all Building Material. Our prices wil| interest you. CAROLINA PORTLAND CEMENT CO. W. A. NIEMEYER, Gen’l State Agt., 2023J4 rist Avenue, Birmingham, Ala. -d SPEND THE SUMMER AT LITKIA SPRINGS HOTEL AUSTELL, CA. IB miles w?st of Atlanta on Southern Railway In the heart of the Llthia-Aus tell District.” Foot hills of the blue ridge. Hctel under new management. Unsur passed In point of comfort. Just the place for your family. Finest Lilthla Springs In the world. Car line at the door. Address at cnce Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Loueh, Proprietors. 6-24-ecd-3m Ersklne Ramsay. Morris R. Ramsay. THE RAMSAY ENGINEERING CO. 2024 First Avenue, Birmingham, Ala. General surveys, examination and re ports on all mineral properties, coal and ore mines. Designing of coal washers, coke and coal plants, head frames and tipples. 9-2-lm MOVING Will be in our new store, 2018 First avenue, in few days. Time to buy Bulbs. AMZI GODDEN CO., Seed Merchants. Excelsior Steam Laundry DOES...... EXQUISITE WORK GEORGE A. BUNN SON. us; becood Avenue. fLoaa xa The Age-Herald will give to all new subscribers on rural routes, a rural mail box, free of charge, with a year's subscription. For particulars, address The Age Herald or see carrier. DR. Y. E HOLLOWAY Physician and Surgeon. Three-rourtns or the persons who come to me to get cured of Syphilis, Gonorrhoea, Gleet, Stricture. Lost Manhood and other private diseases have tried to get well by using oth er means. Why not come as soon as you find that you are afflicted? It uvi, viuy fca.ve you distressing pain and valuable time, but will cost you less money. There Is also a satisfaction in knowing that the very best possible treatment Is being given to you by a competent physician who has experience in such matters and is capable of curing you In the quickest and most perfect manner possible. I have treated private diseases as a specialty for the past fif teen years In the city of Birmingham, and I »m therefore known to a gr-rit many. But if you are not acquainted with me, I refer you, with permission, to First Na tional Bank, Alabama National Bank, Jefferson County Savings Bank and Steiner Bros., bankers, as to my respon sibility for my contracts. I cure many pa tients by mail treatment. Write for prices and terms. I do not use large advertisements and false statements to attract patients which merit has failed to secure. If you fall to be cured by such methods, giv« me a call and get well. Address Dr. Y. E. Holloway, 1801% Sec ond avenue, Birmingham, Ala. Office, Second avenue and Eighteenth, opposite postofflee. Office Hours: 8:80 a. m. to 5:80 p. aa •unday. 10 a. m. to IS m Sunday’s Age-Herald for sale at business office, con- J taining list of dead resulting J from cburch panic.

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“The Largest Store South of The Ohio.” LOVEMAN, JOSEPH LOEB. The Regular Fall Opening Will Be Held Today, Wednes day, September 24. The Principal Features of the Show Will Be Silks, Dress Goods and Millinery. But Every Department in the House Con tributes Its Share of Interest. Thousands of women will come to the opening expecting to see the quantity, variety and beauty that marked the opening days of last Fall. They may come to see the finest opening that we have ever had—for we’ve grown and progressed. With this progress it is quite natural that we should strive after higher things. We cannot give you the result in figures. For the betterment of the store, of the stock, are things that appeal more quickly to the looker than to the mere listener. Yet, by way of figures, here are nearly one thousand hats—already trimmed by our experts and copies of pattern hats. And there are more pattern hats from the other side. Actually, there is nearly twice the assortment of a year ago. This would be a reflection on last year if you did not recall the fact that that display was far superior to anything ever before shown in the South. And yet, as we have said, the show this year doubles it in quantity as well as in quality in the way of Millinery. Here are some prices: A Esther Meyer Hat at $38.50. A Curlier Hat a.t $40.00. A Poivyaivne Hat at $40.00. A Michiewitz Tvivee Hat at $35.00. A Caroline Reboux Hat at $30.00. Most of this season’s styles are trimmed very flat—in many instances wings, quills and birds are the leading features for trimming. Toques are also very much in evidence, and among the small shapes we show many new and becoming models. The Toque Pompons are with us again, but are used in a slightly different manner. A very special street hat for our opening sale you will find to be about half the regu lar price. The Dollie Varden Hats, the prettiest style for the school, in all shades, made of a nice quality of felt, hand-sewed and trimmed with two quills, at $1.50 each. We also show a draped rolling brim, scratch felt Sailor, made in all the leading shades, and a hat that is very becoming, for $1,50—worth just about double. In the display of Silks and Dress Goods, the store is particularly strong this season. It seems as if each member of the firm, and each one in the department was intent that the Silk and Dress Goods department should be without any parallel in the South. It is so much better than it was a year ago that we cannot tell you how much better it is—you might feel for the nonce that enthusiasm carried us beyond conservative expression. The department is better, not only in the variety of its stock, but in its class of stock. More of the high price stuffs. We have gone ahead on the theory that the best in the market is just about good enough for Birmingham. A year or so ago an order for a hundred dollar costume was a thing that occurred but once or twice a week. Now $125.00 costumes are ordered every day. On one day alone last week we received six. The credit of the wonderful activity of this department does not alone belong to the department itself, but to the overhauled dressmaking department. That department is so good now, so superior to what it has ever been that we are forced to look back on the old system, methods and manners with regret. The now dress making department and the force represents the very best that fashionable New York affords. That’s why the force and this system is here—because it is the best. Here are some specials is Silk and Dress Goods: Silks and Dress Goods Opening Specials. 50 Pieces Costume Cords or Corduroys, large and small wale; regular price 75c and $1.00. Fall opening special price 59c 27=inch alFsilk Black Taffeta, guaran= teed; regular price $1.00. Fall opening special price 75c 27=inch alFsilk Satin de Clyne, for gowns and waists; regular price $1.00. Fall open ing special price 69c The windows to us seem worth going miles to see. They are an example of won derful skill and talent; take for instance the Third Avenue window—isn’t it beautiful with its hand made paper border representing nearly a million pieces? Embroidery Edgings, Insertions and Braids at Opening Prices. A large assortment of white really wide Embroidery Edgings and Insertions, either in cambric or Swiss—in all about 6000 yards; regular prices from I2ic to 18c per yard. Fall Opening Special Price 10c Fall Opening Special Prices for Toilet Articles. Sanitol, the latest liquid antlsep tic, regular price 45c; Fall Opening Special Price, 35c Roger Oallet’s Vera Violetta Toilet Water, regular price, $1.50; Fall Opening Special Price, 1.25 Tappan's fine Aroma Saits, regular price 19c; Fall Opening Special Price, 15c Brush and Comb Sets, ebony finish, sterling silver mounted, regular price, per set, $1.00; Fall Opening Special Price, 75c Prophylactic Tooth Brushes, regular price 35c; Fall Opening Special Price, 19c Hygenlque Bath Soap, per cake, regular price 50c; Fall Opening Spe cial Price, 39c Hygenlque perfumed Soap, per cake, regular price 50c; Fall Opening Special Price, 39c Celluloid Soap Boxes, all colors, regular price 25c; Fall Opening Spe cial Price, 19c Shower Bath Caps, regular price 75c; Fall Opening Special Price, 59c $1.50 Copyrighted Henty Books 58c. Now for the first time offered at a popular price—Special only 58c per volume. Regular price #1.50 volume. A MARCH ON LONDON—A story of Wat Tyler’s Rising. WITH MOORE AT CORUNNA—A Story of the Peninsular War. AT AGINCOURT—A Tale of the White Hoods of Paris. COCHRANE THE DAUNTLESS—A Tale of the Exploits of Lord Cochrane in South American Waters. ON THE IRRAWADDY—A Story of the First Burmese War. THROUGH RUSSIAN SNOWS—A Story of Napoleon’s Retreat from Moscow. A KNIGHT OF THE WHITE CROSS—A Tale of the Siege of Rhodes. THE TIGER OF MYSORE—A story of the War with Tippoo Said. IN THE HEART OF THE ROCKIES—A Story of Adventure in Colo rado. WHEN LONDON BURNED—A Story of Restoration Times and the Great Fire. WULF THE SAXON—A Story of Norman Conquest. ST. BARTHOLOMEW’S EVE—A Tale of the Huguenot Wars. THROUGH THE SIKH WAR—A Tale of the Conquest of the Punjaub A JACOBITE EXILE—Being the Adventures of a Young Englishman in the Service of Charles XII. of Sweden. CONDEMNED AS A NIHILIST-—A Story of Escape from Siberia. BERIC THE BRITON—A Story of the Roman Invasion. IN GREEK WATERS—A Story of the Grecian War of Independence (1821-1827.) THE DASH FOR KHARTOUM—A Tale of the Nile Expedition. REDSKIN AND COWBOY—A tale of the Western Plains. HELD FAST FOR ENGLAND—A Tale of the Siege of Gibraltar. NO OTHER CHEAP EDITION MADE. 35c Stationery 18c. Whiting’s celebrated "Victorian” Initial Writing Paper—wreath designs—stamped in colors—box containig 24 sheets of paper and 24 envelopes; regular price 35c box. Fall Opening Special Price only I8c All initials now in stock. 50c Music 18c. All popular music of the day—both vocal and instumental— published at 50c copy. Fall Opening Special Price 18c "Could You Be True to Eyes of Blue?” “In the Good Old Summer Time,” “Nancy Brown," “Blooming Lize,” "Nobody is Looking but the Owl and the Moon.” DOZENS OF OTHER POPULAR PIECES. $6 Wool Blankets $4 A strictly all-wool, 11-4 size Blankets, red or blue borders—regular price $6. Fall opening special price _4.00 89c Gloves 59c Ladies’ two-clasp Kid Gloves in all the popular shades—regular price 89c. Fall opening special price _59c 10c Hartshorn Amonia 8c Hartshorn Amonia, large size bottles, superior qual ity—regular price 10c. Fall opening special price 8c $1.75 Butter Dishes $1.19 Butter dishes, quadruple silver plate, handsomely engraved—repular price $1.25. Fall opening special price_|,|9 New Lamps. The new lamps, or the lamps that will be most in demand this coming season will be metal Sev eral new finishes we have, viz: Old Brass and Black, Gun Metal, Oxydized Copper, and Ruby and Black. These lamps range in price from $2.50 to $12.50, and the globes we will be able to furnish from 75c to $6.00. Wrist and Chatelaines Bags. We are showing an advanced line of styles in the new bags, the very latest fad, being fancy mount ings, with long chains, gold fin ished, in a different variety of stales of leathers, they are selling so low as 85c. Silverware. New stock of Wm. Rogers’ Sil verware. Our prices for Monday’s sale will be average dealers purchase price. Here are Fall Opening Special Prices— Tea Spoons, per set of fi, 50c. Dessert Spoons, per set of 6, 90c. Table Spoons, per set of 6, 1.00. Dessert Forks, per set of 0, 90c. Medium Forks, per set of 6, 1.00. Sugar Shells, eacn, 23c. Butter Knives, each, 23c. Gravy Ladles, each, 75c. Oyster Ladles, each, 1.50. Knives, round, per set of 6, 1.50. Forks, round, per set of 6, 1-50. Knives or Forks, 1847 Rogers Bros., per set of 6, 2.25. $1 Table Damask 69c 72-inch bleached all pure linen Table Damask, satin finish, assorted patterns— regular price $1.00. Fall opening special price 69c $1.75 Bed Spread $1 A 12-4 white Bed Spread, heavy quality, Marseilles pattern—regular price $1.75 Fall opening special price 1.00 Children’s 59c White Dresses 50c. Children’s white Dresses of cambric, sizes 1, 2 and J. round yoke of embroidery finish, with deep ruffle of lawn, hemstitGhed, sleeves and neck finished with narrow ruffle, deep hem— regular price 59c. Fall opening special price 50c $2.50 Toilet Sets $1.70 10-piece Toilet Set, two decorations, rolled edge basin—regular price $2.50. Fall opening special price per sed_1.70 $2 Set China Tea Cups and Saucers 65c Another cask—5 gross of these popular Cups and Saucers that sell regularly at $2 per dozen. They are the thin china, and will be sold only one set to a cus tomer—regular price $2.00, Fall opening special price per set 65c 50c French Flannels 39c All-wool French Flan nels, in all the leading shades, including black and cream—regular price 50c a yard. Fall opening special price __ 39c 50c Ribbon 35c Liberty Satin Taffeta Rib bon, rich luster, suitable for fancy sashes, hair bows, belt, corsage, drap ries and neck ribbon—reg ular price 50c yard. Fall opening special price 35c Ladies' $1.38 Pettico&ts $1 Ladies’ Mercerized Pet ticoats, nice quality, good width, deep flounce, with 3-inch accordion pleated ruffle at bottom—regular price $1.38. Fall opening special price |,00 L&dies’ 75c Vests 50c Ladies’ Merino Ribbed Vests, good quality, part wool, full sizes, gray and white, silk tape at neck, pants to match—regular price 75c. Fall opening special price 5Qq Boys* $5 Suits $1.95 Boys’ double breasted 2-piece Suits, sizes 7 to 15 years, in cheviots, cassi meres and worsted in a variety of colorings and mixtures, high class in ev ery way, splendidly made and finished in the newest and most fashionable styles —regular price $4 and $5. Fall opening special price 1.95 Ladies’$1.25 Umbrellas 95c Ladies’ twilled 26-inch Gloria Umbrellas, fast col ors, made with steel rod and frame, handles of Ger man silver, pearl ivory and natural wood, silver trim med and plain natural congo—regular price $1.25. Fall opening special price _95c Men’s 15c Linen Hand’chiets 9i Men’s all linen hem stitched Handkerchiefs— regular price 15c each. Fall opening special price 9c Men’s 75c Ni/{ht Shirts 49c Men’s best Muslin Night Shirts, either plain white or colored, embroidered front,, full length—regular price 1 75c. Fall opening special price_49c 1 59c R.eady-made Pillows 47c Ready-made Pillows fill ed with perfection cotton, covered with satine and ruffled—regular price 59c. Fall opening special price _47c 25c Scissors 19c Imported Steel Scissors, guaranteed to give satis faction, full line of sizes, from H to 7 inches long— regular price 25c. Fall opening special price |9c $1.50 Chatelaine Bags 95c Real seal leather Chat elaine Bags, with fancy oxidized mountings—reg ular price $1.50. Fall open ing special price 95c 35c Belt Pins 23c Fancy Belt Pins, French gray finish—regular price 35c. Fall opening price price 23c 50c Bodice Brooches 39 c Fancy Bodice Brooches, Egyptian cameo heads— regular price 50c. Fall opening special price 39c 25c Hosiery 19c Women’s Lace Drop stitch Lisle Hose, high spliced heels and to^j— regular price 25c. Fall opening special price |9c 25c Handkerchiefs 19c Women’s pure Irish linen cambric Hand’chiefs, hem stitched and scalloped bor dered, hand embroidered, Convent made regular price 25c. Fall opening special price 19c Ladies’ $4 Shoes $3.50 Ladies’ Patent Vici Lace Shoes, with light turn soles or heavy soles with ex tension edges-regular price $4.00. Fall opening special price 3,50 The September BOOKWORM will be given free upon request on opening day.