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The evening times., 1897-12-02

The stewards OF the Jockey Club held IA
meeting yesterday af;ernoon- August Bel
mont, James Galway, J. Bradford and
Andrew Miller were present A Pc
tition. signed 10y owners and trainers,
requesting the stewards to extend the rae
| meeting e, Baltimore for ten days, was pre-
sentel and, after consderl ton, the stewards
decided that IL would not be for the best
interests OF racing to continue the present
meeting after december 4, the original da t..
fixed for the termination of the meeting.
The granting of the request of the Driv-
ing Clu,' to race four days in December Wa S
not breaking either Il rule or a resolution
OF the Jockey Club, as there Is no time limit
10 the racing on Jockey Club tracks. 1t is 7
rule of the I urf Congress, however, not 20
permit racing during the months of De.
ceniber january and February ,eSceptingi in
Certain sections of the country. This the
cause of the whole trouble al Ba ltinure, and
through which many OF theowners, who Con
template racing III the West, refused toruE
their horses.
The evening times., 1897-12-02

Lexington, KY, Dec. 2.-The dispat tch
from London stating that Tod Sloane lad
been engaged 10 ride the horses belonging & 10
the Prince Of Wales created a sensation
among the many turfmcn attending tue
sales here. ToT Walsh, the trainer Of
Charles Fieisciimann's horses, says tha {
Tod is unGeI contract with Mr.. Fl..s Ii
mlEu 10 rile TO- him next year at salary
Of 81 2.oca and thatthc CONTRACT was prop
erly drawn up and signed by Mr.. Fleisch-
mann and sloane slurt time previous 10
Sloahe's sailing for England. Walsh says
that MIR. Fieischmann depending on Sloane
to ride his Eurses, had sent him tWalshl 70
tn. sales here Ia buy the be young thil-s
to be prUcuI ed. II e has huught many of the
choicest youngsters offered, and has pail
big prices for them. He is now after His
Lordship, the yearling cult by Rayon Dor,
dam Sallie McClelland, and it is likely
that he will get him for $4,000.
Arizona republican., 1897-10-16

ran at once for f-od, and enc return e1 with a bag of sugar fr3sted raisin cakas and the other followed W lh a pitcher of tea. When the poor man saw the food he acled as tn ugh in sane. He thrust the caks into his mouth so vigorously that a good rart fell to the ground in crCmb7. Then he grasped the pitcher of tea with
 both hands, and drank greedily until one of the crowd took it away. When his hands were left free he groped in the air, staring vacantly, and with an
 idiotic leer In a few minutes a ser-
 want came out from No. fl with fcod but the man could take ID more. His head dropped and he moaned a Ii tle After much questioning it was learned that his name was James Robertson; he came from Gloucester, Ep gland, two weeks ago, and wished he had not come. He only wished i that some one would give him work. For five days he had no place to seep and almost nothing to cat. The crowd began to give h m money, and
 it was pitiable to see the D ide in the
 f1iendless foreigners as he rev0lted
 against what he called "beggary' '' A woman who had joined the crowd went to a neighboTing drug sore and bought the man dose that
 seemed to revive him greatly. In a few moments he stood up and walked away.
Arizona republican., 1897-10-16
PAINTED FROM STARVATION.

An Englishman, Recently Land d, Fell in the Street.
Arizona republican., 1897-10-16
ORDINANCE NO. 260.

An Ordinance Providing for the Li-
 censing Peddlers and Hawkers.
 The Common Council of Phoenix do ordain as follows:
 Section 1. That any person en- gagged in peddling or hawking within the limits of the City of Phoenix shall pay monthly license tax of S4 per month in advance.
 Sec 2. All the provisions of the or dinances of the City of Phoenix rela- tive to the collection of licenses. so far as they are applicable, shall apply to the enforcement and manner of pay ment of the license tax above pre- scribed.
 Sec. 3. This ordinance is to take effect and be in force from and after the first day of November, 1897, and is passage and publication as required by law.
 Sec. 4. Any person who shall so engage III peddling or hawking, with out first having obtained said license, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, be fined in sum not more than fifty dollars; and in the event of failure to pay said fine, shall be imprisoned in the city jail at the rate of not exceeding one days imprisonment for each dol lar of said fine.
 Passed by the Common Council of the City of Phoenix this, the 9th day of October, 1897. Approved this, the SIh day of Oc- tober, 1897. J. c. ADAMS, Attest: Mayor. T. A. JOBS, City Recorder.
 First published in The Arizona Re- publican, official city paper, October 1 g, 1897,
Arizona republican., 1897-10-16
FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS

Mrs. Winslows Soothing Syrup has been used for children teething. Ii soothes the child, softens the gums, allays all pain, cures wind coljc and is the best remedy for diarrhoea. Twenty live cents bottle.
Arizona republican., 1897-10-16

Santa Fa, N NJ, Cc. 15-Urit d States Marshal c. NJ. Foraker return ed last night from San Franc sco, where he went to deliver ten China nese who had been ordered dep rted undery the Gary act by the United States court of southern New Mex ico, for failing ito possess certificates, with photographs attached, 1equir5d by law. MT. Foraker says that l. cost the government about $5, 900 to deport thase ten Chinamen. This in cludes jail and court expers2s, "a l. road fare to the nearest station on the Southern Pacific raiirca1, $55 per man over the latter road to San Fran cisco, $40 per man from San Fran cisco to Hong Kong, cost of feeding them en route and expenses of the marshal and his deputies. All these bills are paid by Uncle Sam under -~une law. One of this interesting g group of Celestials had been deported from the United States twice before. He coolly informed the marshal in good English that he wanted to re- turn home to visit his wife and ohi'- dren, but would be back again in March. The last time he came back he brought six young Chinaman with him. How many will come back with him remains for time to dis close. Marshal Foraker adds that he is in receipt of a telegram announc
 ing that Deputy Sheriff Banner has apprehended two more illicit China men at Las Cruces, and there is one more to be deported from Deming
Arizona republican., 1897-10-16
TAXING UNCLE ssAM's TREASURY

Expenses of s5,O0o Incurred by .ht
 Deportation of Ten Chinamen
Arizona republican., 1897-10-16

New York, Oct. 15.-S3ne people on East ThiTty-second street yester- day afternoon were surprised to see a man rec, and tumble over the side walk He was quickly carried to the steps of No. If, where i1 was found that he had received an ugly bruise On the side of his hsad. It was twenty minutes before he could walk, hut he so5n revived enough to say that he was starving. Several men
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-16
As WE ARE

The Baltimore Sun in It's issue of the
14th. describing large sales Of Birming-
ham pig iron to nearly all foteign coun-
tries, aggregating well towards 100000
TONS and bringing into Alabama about
$500 600. says. 'If anybody be looking
for q sure sign of returning prosperity
let them cast their eye upon the follow
ing" This prompts the State Herald to
quote the opinion of the late Hon. w. D.
Kelley, DIETER known in congress as
''Pig Iron Kelley. member of congress
for many years from Philadelphia. In re-
ferring to the Red mountain CBirming-
ham) district, hesays, 'itisricherin natur
al wealth and in advantages for the de-
velopment Of that wealth; it has a finer
climate better water and higher condi-
tons of health than any region of which
l have any knowledge. and is withal, one
of the most beautiful regions in the
world, and nowhere, other things being
equal, can iron be made cheaper than
there IN
Col A. K. Mcclure. of the Philadelphia
Times, said in 1885: st is the most in
viting iron field on the continent, with
coal trade, in the near future, that will
be bounded only by the coal ports of the
world
With a new saw mill in South Ala
bama, and another being erected in Tus-
caloosa county, a buggy and carriage
factory being erected in Florence, the
starting up of the Barton Agricultural
works at Tuscumbia, the purchase of
Sc, 900 worth of fine farm lands for cash
and settling on same of an Illinois colony
of some sixty people, bringing ten car
loads of furniture, farm implements, etc.,
with them), and other incoming people
and industries, causes the State Herald
to congratulate the people of Alabama
thereon, and upon their excellent future
prospects.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-16

The State. Herald has determined to
ignore politics for the present year so
far as it Is possible to do SO. The pres
ent conditions demand that everybody
devote their attention to figuring out the
best plan to meet the conditions with
which we are surrounded, and the public
mind should not be diverted to matters
that cannot be rectified- by agitation Be-
sides, many questions are likely to, arise
that may change the status of things al
together. If there ever was time to saw
wood in our humble opinion now is the
time. It is neither pleasant nor profita BILE
to change fronts or to take backwater.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-16
WANTS TO BE A MONARCH.

With the financial question staring us
in the face, and the Cuban war still being
discussed, it makes fellow feel that he
would like to be owner of small island
in the Pacific ocean. where he could be
monarch of all he surveys, and make the
laws and direct what subjects should be
discussed by. his people. There are mo-
ments when a man would like to be alone
with his thoughts, and from the manner
in which these two subjects are being
strung out, this is one of the occasions.
AS we see the report that the island of
Robson Cruso has disappeared isi denied,
we think we will open negotiations to
purchase it, till these two questions are
finally settled. How long it will take, no
living man can tell-Selma Times.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-16

piled. While hesitate to make the sug-
seStlon, L VIII venture 1t at any rate.
Every man connected with this school
from president to janitor should be asked
TO reslgn-not that they are not capable.
honest, good men, but new blood should
De infused IN 1t. 1t should take on new
Ire. president should be selected as a
railroad selects its president-not a man
with string of letters following his
name, but business man. l know of
but one institution in late years that has
had the courage and business sense to
select thorough going successful bust
ness man for its president, and the sue
cess OF that school is showing the wisdom
or their choice. A great deal depends on
the president or manager of any bust
ness enterprise. Too much stress is laid
on titles when a school president is being
selected. If he does his duty he has no
. time to teach. The salary should be
sufficient to get a man who is willing to
lay down other work and devote his en-
tire time to the school. New and capable
teachers should be selected at moderate
salaries No attempt should be made to
make 1t religious school, but it should
be seen to that the faculty and president
should have the spirit of the fear of God
in their hearts. The price for attending
this school should be reduced Other
state schools are doing as good work
and taking as good care of their pupils
for half the money charged at the uniyer-
S1ty. Dances, base ball, foot ball and the
like should be relegated to the rear. No
extravaganza in any way should be al
lowed amongst the students. The poor
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-16

We have commented upon the mild
tone of the birmingham State Herald
since it's last editorial shake-up. Here is
a plausible explanation from its even
ing contemporary
There is new hand at the bellows in
the State Herald sanctum The Ledger
shrewdly guesses that 1t is a clerical
hand."-Montgomery Advertiser.
A little story is told on Joe Jefferson
that on one occasion while stopping in
town wherein he was a stranger that he
desired to have a check cashed. He
walked into a bank and the cashier in
formed him that he would be pleased to
accommodate him, but that he would
have to get some one to identify him.
Mr.. Jefferson approaching the situation,
assumed dramatic air and replied: IF
my dog Schneider was here he would
know mel While the State Herald's
mildness is being appreciated, let the Adj
vertiser not get too obstreperous else a
familiar actor may appear before. the
footlights like "a Gagged lion" aroused
from his religious 'lair.'
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-16

boy should not be made to realize his
poverty by the Indulgence of those who
are better off.
The president selected should be given
full powers to run the school as he sees
best He Is supposed to know its needs
much better than board of trustees who
meet there but once a year. 1t is argued
by many that the university is now
trusted" too much. Be this as it may,
the president should be carefully con-
sidered. Let no politics enter into il.
Get man who has been successful with
his own affairs and then trust him,
Make the university a school for the peo-
pie. 1t is now considered to be for the
rich. Give them all a chance by discour-
aging fast life and encouraging the
masses to patronze it with the assl,r-
ance that their sons morals will not be
impaired when they shall have finished.
their course there.
WELL WISHER"
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-16
UNIFORM TEXT BOOKS.

The Admission Hot Blast is making a
strong fight in support of Senator Alb
ercrombie's bill for uniform text books
in our public schools. The bill provides
against an Objectionable feature that
might arise from a combination by the
publishers and dealers to raise the price
when certain line of books are adopted,
and also provides for the selection of the
best books obtainable by a special COM
mittee with the governor of the state as
chairman. With such safeguards, coupled
with the fact that considerable money
could be saved by requiring the public
schools to use uniform text books the
State Herald cannot see why the Aber-
crombie bill would not prove good law.
AS previously stated, not only the pat
rons, but the private schools as well, are
often put to the unnecessary expense
of buying new books simply to crafty
the whims of a pedagogue, with nothing
more to recommend or condemn the ones
already in use.
No one questions the facts that if the
uniform system was adopted that the
prices would not only be cheapened, but
the saving in the purchase of new books
alone would amount up to a good round
sum within year. Besides, as the
grades advance the books could be sold
as second hand and pass on down the
grades, making one set do the entire
work, thereby lessening the cost of books
to mere minimum
And there are other things that might
be taken into consideration that would
possibly recommend the Abercrombie
bill higher than. anything yet offered by
the champions of the bill. Second hand
books are generally used In nearly all
the schools throughout the state. These
books are bought up by jobbers from
various sections of the country without
regard to the locality or the health of the
people who used them, and are sold and
distributed in the same manner. 1t has
been a question with some of the best
physicians of the country as to whether
or not disease can be transmitted through
the use of books. Some claim that it
can and have written some very able ar
ticles TO the educational journals on this
subject
When the board of education of the city
of Birmingham adopted the text books
now in use at the beginning of the pres
ent session, DR.. Phillips, the president of
the public schools. made a strong point
against the indiscriminate use of second
hand text books, sustaining his position
by several leading medical authorities.
Whether or not there is any merit in
the matter of health, as assumed by DIR.
Phillips, it is fact that the per cent.
of sickness from contagious diseases in
the public schools of this city at the close
of the fall term was so per cent. less than
for any previous fall term in the history
Of the school.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-16
HOW'S THIS?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
#. ]. CHENEY & CO., Props, Toledo, o.
We. the undersigned, have known F.
J. Cheney for the last Is years, and be-
lieve him perfectly honorable in all busi-
ness transactions and financially able to
carry out any obligation made by their
firm. ~ - e
WEST & TRUAX, Wholesale Druggists.
Toledo, o.
WALDING, KINNAN e. MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists. Toledo. o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internal
ly. acting directly uponTsthe blood and
mucuos surfaces of the. system, Price,
75c per bottle. Sold by all druggists.
Testimonials free. ,,s,s- .stt.s ,~sy.rs5
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-16
THE STATE REFoRMAroRY

In another column will be found a
communication from the ladies of Mobile
who have charge of the work, soliciting
the cooperation of the press in their eff
lished at the old Barracks at Mount YER
non. The purpose of this reformatory
will be for the incarceration. of youthful
criminals of the state and to establish
such a system OF training as will result
in uplifting the morals of this class and
in gradually eliminating them from our
commonwealth Certainly no more char
liable or important work could be under
taken, for the existence of. such class
is the darkest blight on civilization. and
we hasten to assure those who. have
charge of the movement that It has our
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-16
PURRoY AGAIN AT WORK,

New York, Jan. 15-Tammany prima-
ries were held in all the assembly districts
in this city tonight to elect delegates to
the general committee and. to the. dis
trict committee, E NotWithstanding the
recent factional fights in. a,numbe- Of
districts there was no serious contest ex-
cept in the Thirty-third assembly dis
trict. the contest in the other Districts
having been adjusted. In The Thlrty-
fourth and Thirty fifth districts the fol-
lowers of County Clerk Henry d. Pur-
roy elected separate delegates under the
name of home rule Tammanys men.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-16

The mining and convict committees
have about completed their labors. They
have made most thorough examination
of affairs in the mineral district and
ought to be able to recommend legislation
that will not only be approved but will do
much towards alleviating the evils now
existing. While little has been said rela-
tive to their work, either verbally or in
print, yet the people of the state are ex-
pecting to hear from the committees
when the legislature meets, and in a
manner that will show that their time
was mot wasted.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-16
pEcI1IIAR WORLD

This is a peculiar world says an eX-
change. One man is saving money to
build house, and another is trying to
sell his for less than it cost to build it.
One man is spending all he makes in
taking a girl buggy riding and to enter
tainments with the hope of making her
his wife, while his neighbor is using
heir to, and gets killed on a railroad.
Another escapes with only scratches, and
dies with the whooping cough. One man
stands off his creditors and goes travel
ing to the springs, while another stays at
home and pays his debts.-Baldwin
Times,
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-16

The most prominent question now be-
ing discussed to come up before the legis-
lature, and one which should take pre-
cedent over all Others is a constitutional
convention. Alabama can ill afford to
wait two more years. to be relieved from
the many disadvantages now existing on
account of a constitutional law, written,
in the main, for a specific purpose, which
has been Satisfied for more than fifteen
years. sr9s~1aa.4a
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-16

Remarkable reports are current about
a new kind of steel invented by Mr.. Sam
uel Maxim at his experimental laboratory
at Wayne. Me. The inventor believes it
to be identical with the ancient steel of
India, which is alleged to have been far
superior to any steel known to metal
lurgists in modern times. 1t is said that
a small blade made from the Maxim steel
posse sses the power of cutting glass with
as much ease as if it were chalk.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-16
THE HUNDLEY CONTEST.

The real purpose of the Hundley con-
test was pretty clearly set forth in the
Tribune of yesterday. But since the
Tribune wound it's arms around Oscars
neck with perfect admiration before the
election, and talked so glibly about con-
testing, how can it consistently oppose
him now? What was the wedge that en-
tered their affection and so ruthlessly
sundered it?-Huntsville Mercury.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-16
TOO MUCH POLITICS.

The State Herald says First of all we
have too many elections and too much
politics in Alabama" The Journal has.
been talking this for years. 1t is one
of the very worst impediments to stable,
good government and prosperous times.
We want one election every six years
no more. Elect every officer from presi-
dent down at that time and let them
hold six years. We are glad to see the
State Herald advocating fewer elections
and less politics. But the politicians will
be torment it.=FOrt PAYNE Journal
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-16
CONTEST ON FAITH.

The contests being made by the sound
money men who were candidates for
congress in November last are doubt
less made on faith. They hope that the
republican members of congress will close
their eyes to the vote as cast, but give
them their seats as against the advo-
Gates of free silver. They will doubtless
discover that such will not be the case
Ozark Star $50. .it-..s-
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-16
COTTON VS.. BREAD.

The farmer who raises cotton to buy
his bread and meat, viii always be a
poor man. He never knows what his cot
ton is going to be worth when he gets it
made, but he does know that he must
have meat and bread regardless of prices.
First raise the necessaries of life and
then raise cotton as a surplus.
County Democrat.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-16
WITH TIE STATE EDITORS
TO. SEE MARS MARK.

Bill Stevens says he is going up to see
Mars Billy and MARS Mark before they
are indicted into Office and tell them that
he wants to be. internal revenue collector
for Alabama. Bill says they will be
more likely to listen al a poor niger be-
fore they put on the paraphernalia of
office than wards.-Anniston Hot
Blast,
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-16
.aOLIOIqOS 4MaN

Capt. A. p. Agee has resigned the So
lcitorship of the city court, and Gov.
Johnston has. accepted the resignation.
Solicitors elect Wiley C. Tunstall, Jr., has
been appointed to fill out the unexpired
term, which ends on February pam
niston Hot Blast. So
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-16

- The state board, appointed by Gov.
Oates to arrange for an Alabama display
a the Tennessee exposition, which meets
in Nashville May l, will hold a meeting
in the rooms of the Commercial club at
II o'clock, noon, today.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-16

If Birmingham is in earnest for
prosperous era, begin at once to let the
people know you are in earnest and put
your advertisements before the public.
Free carriage in your newspapers have
worn the tires off. It's your time to
tote" now
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-16
PUNISHABLE BY DEATH.

By all means let the legislature when
1t reconvenes lose no time in so amending
the code as to make wrecking, or attempt
ing to wreck a train, punishable by death,
whether any livest are lost or not. And
this should be done in time, if possible,
to break the necks of those implicated
in the recent wreck in the Birmingham
district