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The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-10-11
Will BE sent to Pensacola

Washington, October 1C.-The migration
bureau has information that two steam,
ships with 1900 italian immigrants +, on
board are soon to arrive at New Orleans,
but as that city is guaranteed the immil
grafton bureau will send a force of inspec-
tors to Pensacola, where they will be
landed. u
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-10-11

Quebec, October 10.-Senators Fairbanks
and Faulkner left for their homes today,
and no further work win be done by the
International commission in Quebec u ~
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-10-11
Commissioners Adjourn

Quebec October 1O.-The international
commissioners met for few minutes to-
day and then formally adjourned to meet
In Washington, November /.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-10-11
CURE A CoIpIN DAY

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets All
druggists refund the money if 1t fails to
cure Csc. The genuine has L. b. O. ON
each tablet 9-1-Sm
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He Is Now Married

The woman to whom she refers in the
suit was Mrs Barnett, a widow of Augusta,
Ca, but now Mrs. Duncan @. May Mr.
and Mrs. May now reside on the South
Highlands.
The suit was filed some time ago, but not
until yesterday were the officers able to
serve the papers. Mr.. May and Mrs. Rose
are neither at home to reporters
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-10-11
WIDOW AFTER
TEN THOUSAND
Breach Of Promise Suit In the City
Court.
A WOUNDED AFFECTION
Mrs. Mary Rose Says D. G. May Prom
''-'.-''' Used to Marry Her.
He THEN Welded ANOTHER
So
Mr.. May is Interested in a Second
Avenue Loan Company, and in
August Married Mrs. Bar
nett of Augusta, GA.
THEN Welded ANOTHER

Here is a story of a woman with
gold. A story of how a man made vows
which were stricken to nothingness and
never fulfilled.
Duncan G. May, a hadsome, middle-aged
gentleman living on the South Highlands
and hardly yet emerged from the blissful
curtain of honeymoon, once met Mrs. Mary
S. Rose, who resides at Avondale. If the
allegations set forth in a suit for breach of
promise filed by this lady can be substan-
stiated, Mr. Duncan may rue the day he met
Mrs. Rose.
Widow After $4,000
Mrs. Rose is a widow, and a sister of Gill
bert Carter, the music man. Some time ago
she filed suit for breach of promise in the
city court against Duncan G. May for $780,
900. MIR. May is interested in the J. T. May
Loan company doing business in Second
avenue. This firm also has large interests
if Montgomery, Atlanta and San Antonio,
Tex He came here several years ago from
the latter city.
Mrs. Rose alleges in her suit that on
the 10th day of April, 1898, Mr.. Duncan
made to her proposals of marriage, which
were accepted. She sets forth that she has
kept her promise faithfully and had turned
a deaf ear to other wooers. Yet the de-
PENDANT, she says, not regarding his prom
Use to marry her, but fraudulently, craftily
and subtlely went along, intending to de-
ceive and injure her. After making the said
| promise and undertaking, he broke his said
! PROMISE and ON August 13. 1898, wrongfully
and injuriously married certain other wo-
man. For this wound Of affection Mrs.
Rose claims that she is due $4,000, and she
sets forth that the defendant is now worth
| $4,000.
| He Is Now Married
The woman to whom she refers in the
suit was Mrs. Barnett, widow of Augusta,
Ca, but now Mrs. Duncan G. May. Mr..
Griggs courier., 1898-12-22
NORTH DAKOTA NEWS ]
STATE INSANE ASYLUM.

The biennial report Of the trussees oi
the, state insane aeylum has been filed
With GovSsnor Dlvine and details the
work 6f the inssit1eion for TIE .st, two
yeats IN. pressing need df stlse asy-j
Inn, accot0iuR I'D the reports OF the
trustees and OF the asylum officials, is
more room, and the legislature is earn
estly requested to make some provision
TOR the erection Of additional buildings.
The report of the trustees details the
failure Of the transactions. which were
set .afoot for the borrowing of 10000
Oh lands belonging to the institution.
The bonds anthorizsd by the Legislature
were abiddcn inSby y capitalist, al sssprlk
MUM OF 5000, but subsequently the
law was claimed to be unconstitutional.
and the deal fell through. The trustees
were afterwards awarded slight Are-
mium for the bonds, but refused to ac-
cept. The Legislature is asked TO remedy
the difficulty in the law. or make some
other provision for the erection Of
buildings.
Attention is also called by the trustees
to the necessity for cold storage build
ing and to the great value additional
land would be, as enough wheat could
be. raised to supply bread for the in
mates if the land were to be had, and
without the employment of any addi-
tional help. 1t is especially urged that
the state buy plot OF twenty-five acres
Of land on which vegetables are raised
for the asylum. and which is now rented
at an annual sum.
Griggs courier., 1898-12-22
SOCIALISM DEFEATED.
America. Feaeratso. OF Labor skiir.
the Tobin Resolution By a.
Overwhelming Majority.

Kansas City, No.. Dec. lo.-sociallsm
az q solution Of the wage problem has
failed by decisive majority to secure
the Endorsement of the American fed
Grafton, the combined forces Of the
social democrats and socialist labor
party men being unable to make moro
than q respectable showing against tho
advocates of trades unionism pure and
simple. When the roll was called on
the Tobin resolution ballots represent
ing 492 votes, or q membership of less
than 50,000. were cast for 1t, and ballots
representing 1923 votes, or member
ship Of nearly 200, 900. were cast against
the proposition. The debate, which was
continued from Friday, lasted through
the entire forenoon Saturday. No ques-
ton that has come before the fedora
tion in five years has aroused such deep
interest. President Samuel Gompers
took the floor and spoke against the
resolution. He declared it involved the
integrity of the whole labor move
ments
Griggs courier., 1898-12-22
s1oIe F.t by Ar.cnic.

The German bark Zion. which arrived
! al Philadelphia from England, brought
q cargo of of 1900 casks of China clay
and 500 casks of arsenic. On board the
Zion. the men slept very near the
arsenic. and inhaled The fumes while
asleep and frequently while awake.
About week after the bark left Eng
land the German tars noticed that they
were. filling out their clothes to an alb
normal extent. certainly not. due to
their daily fare. AS days passed on
they kept growing stouter. and one
man actually gained 25 pounds. Ma
turaily they wondered what was hap
pening 10 them. but it was not until
they arrived in port that they discov-
cred he cause. Arsenic is a tonic and
helps the formation OF. adipose tissue
when .aken1 into the human system in
minute doses. The vapor Of arsenic
inhaled by the sailors had acted in pre-
ciselS, the same manner which it does
when given as tonic in a prescription.
Griggs courier., 1898-12-22
KILLED.

Charles Wagner was found dead nea,
the railway tracks, five miles west OF
Minot. There are several theories ad-
vanced as to the cause of death. One
is that during the night the boarding
car, in which he slept, was switched on
to the bridge, and that he got up in the
night, and, not knowing that the car
had been, moved from its usual place
on the sidetracl, stepped off into space,
striking the rocks thirty feet below.
Others claim that he left the car be-
fore it was moved and died in fit.
Foul play is also hinted at, but up to
the present time no evidence is at hand
to warrant the charges. The accident
occurred on the night OF the 9th, and
the body was brought to Minot this
afternoon. Little is known of the dead
man except that he was laborer of
more than ordinary ability.
Griggs courier., 1898-12-22
To Cure creaky Footwear.

"Cheap shoes are not necessarily Of
poor material" said shoe store clerk.
"Creaking often accounts for the low
price. Cheap double-soled shoes near.
]y always creak. and the reason is that
two soles do not quite fit or one is of
more pliable material than the other.
so that they rub against each other.
Among the remedies usually tried is
soaking the shoe in water or oil. This
is effective for a time, but the cure is
only temporary. The creak invariably
returns il few days. However. there
is one certain and simple remedy. 1t is
to drive three little wooden pegs into
the sole. The pegs prevent .nc fric-
tion of the soles. Any cobbler will do it
for you for ten cents. and so not only
restore your own peace of. mind tut
also that Of yonr friends"
Griggs courier., 1898-12-22
FRANK ]. GOULD.

college. He was especially interested
i'll engineering. and he has presented
more than $4,000 worth of instruments
to that department of his college. He
was carefully taught the business Of
railroading and understands it
thoroughly. Since leaving school he
has been working in the Office of the
Missouri Pacific, ut 1875 Broadway, New
York. Young Gould's tastes and pas
times are rather simple for 1nan of his
expectations. He likes to ride wheel.
and he is very proud of a number Of big
st. Bernard dogs, several of which are
rare animals, very valuable and prize
winners. Mr.. Gould's home is with his
sister Helen in Irvington. He works
every day at his desk from ten o'clock
a. m. till three p. m. It is said that the
youngest Gould is possessed Of very
generous disposition and kind heart
and that he shows the inclination to
initiate his sister Helen in activities
concerned with charity. He is q healthy.
unspoiled young man and will soon be
given an opportunity to show whether
he inherits his fathers peculiar genius.
BY this is meant he will be soon di-
rector in the Missouri Pacific and the
Manhattan railroad properties.
Griggs courier., 1898-12-22

of marriage and that she rejected IT..
When asked her reason for being so
heartless to lover so devoted, she re-
plies that he is much too old for her,
and says she does not want to marry
an old man like that.
miss James great age is no draw
back to her social duties. She is still
In possession of all her faculties, and
does not consider herself an old wom-
an. Her friends claim she is as active
and her intellect as keen as when she
was so. She carries herself erect, walks
with firm step and is still a great read
er. She keeps we'll posted on current
events, reads the newspapers, periodi-
calls and the latest novels. She is
abreast of the times in politics, fash
ions and all new thought, and promises
Less than year ago she contributed
number of wellwrittcn articles to the
Nashville Daily American of reminis-
cent character. These articles showed
that she has a remarkable memory for
names and dates. They were rccol!ec-
tions of the earliest settlers of Nash
vile, and she told just where each man
and woman lived, described their
houses, gave the names of their chill
dren and whom they married.
She went to Nashville in 1904 from
Cumberland county, Va, where she was
born. The family consisted of five chill
dren. They had two sixhorse wagons
but Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas rode horse
back and the mother carried the young
est child in her lap.
She is the Observation-Disclosures
of Henry Hugh Thomas, who was once
lord mayor of London. Her family have
always held a high social position in
Nashville. r
On the goth of September, 1920, "Miss
Jane" joined the Methodist church.
There were no churches in the country
at this time. The preaching was done
at the different farmhouses. Soon
after she became member she and an
other lady raised a subscription of
$3.50, with which they built a church of
cedar-hewn logs on an acre of ground,
which was donated for that purpose.
She is now member of the McKen-
dree church, and is regular attendant.
''Miss Jane" has always been one of the
pillars of the Methodist church in
Nashville.
Though 90 years old, Miss Thomas
is still invited to all the social affairs
given in Nashville. She accepts almost
as many invitations to teas. dinners,
receptions and weddings as any woman
of 40. She has met all the celebrities
who have visited Nashville.
Griggs courier., 1898-12-22

She b the Most Renarkable Society
Woman IN America.
Althesgh aeaely . Centary ola, she
Resolves 02ers oe Marriage anA
Attends All sorts of Dalls
Ana Receptions.

Nashville. Tenn. contains the most
remarkable society woman in America.
She is Miss Jane II. Thomas, born
September 3. 1900. Despite her prox-
unity to the century mark, she is still
the recipient of offers of marriage.
When very young woman she was
greatly admired for her wit and beauty.
Her hand, says the St. Louis Republic,
was sought by number of the most
prominent men of the south, but for
some unknown reason all were re-
jected.
When she was nearing middle life
one of her first beaux, rejected suitor,
again approached her on the subject of
matrimony. She again refused. As he
was leaving her in despair he said:
well, Miss Jane, when do you ex-
pect to marry?'
She tossed her head haughtily and re-
piled: Never, sir, until am 100 years
old"
She has kept her word, and now that
she has nearly reached that age, her
old lover, after GO years of waiting,
writes to her that he has not forgotten
her assertion that she would marry
when she became 100 and offers his
heart and fortune for her acceptance.
The old gentleman is 90 years old,
has been married and has large family
of children, grandchildren and great
grandchildren. He lives in the Blue
Grass regions of Kentucky.
Miss Jane" as she is familiarly
called by her friends, was as much
pleased and amused at the old gentle
mans proposal as younger ladies are
on such occasion. She told some of
her oldest friends about her offer.
They know who the gentleman is.
but from the younger generation Miss
Jane" has kept his name secret. All
they know is that she received an offer
Griggs courier., 1898-12-22
Aged Lady Asphyxlated.

Washington, Dec. 19.-Mrs. Mary
Tut Throckmorton, who in her early
life was leader in society here, died
Sunday night from the effects Of in
haling illuminating gas which escaped
by accident in her room. She was So
years of age. In the beginning of jack
sons second term in the executive man
sion, Martin Van Buren was one of the
young girls admirers and her reported
engagement to him was one of the so
ciety rumors of the capital. y
Griggs courier., 1898-12-22
LUCKY MISS SMITH.
Teacher In the University of Nevada
Falls Heir to q Fortune Of .
Million Dollars.

Miss Laura Smith, one of the profess
sors in the University of Nevada, has
just been notified that she has .fallcn
heir to fortune of 81 1000, 600. A firm
of English solicitors has written Miss
Smith that she is one of the heirs to an
English estate now in the court Of
chancery. The property is worth about
SIS, 600, 900, and Miss Smiths share is
about one-fifteenth. The heiress to-
this immense fortune is pretty,
charming girl of %. She was gradu-
ated from the University of Nevada III
1896, and at once was given place III
the faculty. Her specialty is English
Griggs courier., 1898-12-22
ORGANIZER OF POLICE.
York's Ex-Chief of Police Has
Gone to Havana.

Superintendent McCullagh. of the
New York state bureau of elections,
is now at Havana, where he will or
ganize the police force under the mil
itary government. Mr.. McCullagh
goes in response to All invitation ex-
tended to him by Gen. Greene. :
Superintendent McCullagh says that
he has no fear of yellow fever. and
that he does not believe it will be diff
cult task to get police force started.
He is personal friend of Gen. Greene,
and he understands that he is merely
to act in an advisory capacity. He says
that he has no idea what material is on
hand for the formation of force. and
that he will be unable to formulate
plans until he has consulted with Gen.
Griggs courier., 1898-12-22
THE HIGHEST CHIMNEY.
{s5s Feet High. SIS Feet in Diameter a, the
Ground.)

wall is a second and separate chimney
built up to height or $40 feet. The
reason for this is that the inner surface
will expand and lengthen urder the
action of the hot gases from the fur
neces. while the outer surface will re-
main as it is laid. The result of this
process. if there was only one wall,
might he to crack and crumb;e, or even
10 topple over. AS it is now con-
structed, nothing short of an earth
quake will be likely to move it.
The chimney weighs over 5000 tons,
or more than the battleship Texas. To
support this immense weight 1900 40.
foot wooden piles were driven into the
ground as close together as they could
be places. On these the foundations,
rest, so that the total height of the
smokestack, counting the distance its
supports extend into the earth, is al
most 400 feet. s.
One curious fact about the great
smokestack is that.it is the only part
OF the new power-house thus far
erected. The big building, which is to
cover more than an acre Of ground
space. will be built about the chimney.
which now stands in solitary grandeur
in the middle of city block. The Chin
1ley has been nearly year in building
and is not yet entirely completed. For
the first 125 feet of its height the walls
were carried upward by means of
wooden staging around the outside.
Above that point the work was carried
on entirely from the inside. All the
brick and mortar4in the upper part of
the. structure was hoisted UP the flue
and the masons went to and from their
work on a temporary elevator built in
side the chimney. When tits completed
one iron ladder will run up the inside.
giving access to the top for any repairs,
that may be needed.
Griggs courier., 1898-12-22
INSPECTION OF ANIMALS.

:. The state veterinarian thinks that the
system OF inspection of animals coming
into the state should be changed. At
present not over 50 per cent OF the
animals shipped in are inspected and
even then bands of cattle and horses
are frequently shipped long distances
into the state before the inspection is
made. Regular quarantine stations
should be established on the borders of
the state in charge OF competent men,
to pass upon the condition OF all ami
mails sought to be shipped.
Quite number of ranchmen are talk
ing of going to Canada to buy cattle
during the winter. Some will probably
go west, and as for himself, he has not
decided fully which way he will go. He
thinks the Minnesota stock is not as
good as that from the west and in
Canada.
Griggs courier., 1898-12-22
women 1n.urance Arent..

An insurance company of Warsaw,
Russian Poland, has discharged all it's
male agents and solicitors. appointing
women in their stead. since it appeared
that women make better agents than
men. The general public. rather skep-
teal of the advantages held ou, by in
surance companies. permits itself to be
persuaded much easier by ir :iligen'
women than men of the same abilities
and education. It is said that. since the
change was made. the company has cx-
perienced considerable increase in the
amount of new insurance written,
Griggs courier., 1898-12-22
Disaster to Co.st,ns Party.

Pittsburgh, Pa, Dec. 1o.-As result
of q coasting accident at Turtle Creek,
eight miles from Pittsburgh, Joseph
West, aged 30, is dead, and II others
injured, two seriously. The sled coll
lapsed at the bottom of a steep hill and
hurled the party with great force in
every direction. The two seriously in
jured are: w. B. Madey. both legs
broken, and Joseph Conner, left leg
broken, and badly injured about tho
head.
Griggs courier., 1898-12-22

S<AmCA0 11LOW 1GN6.
picture of a Familiar Scene in All Parts
Of Arabia.)
rajahs, with swivel guns fitted to sad
dies on their backs, or drawing carts
carrying secluded in their interior be-
icweled Hindoo ladies-all these are no
longer novelties. But the camel as ag-
riculturist appears in new part to us.
He has. however, been used in this ca
pacity for centuries in Algeria. where
this view was taken. The plow is of the
prehistoric kind. such as has been in
use in the east long before historic
times began. The popularity of the
arrangement is the immense yoke by
which the two camels are fastened, and
from which they draw the plow. The
yoke rests on pads where the camels'
necks join their shoulders, and this
the pole is attached by ropes of esparto
grass. The popularity of this arrange
ment is that the plow can be shifted
along the yoke, and all the wide space
between the pair of camels is plowed
in line across the plain. The piow is
then lifted and another set Of burrows
are run parallel ut distance Of some
yards. The clods are far too rough for
the soft-footed camels 10 walk On until
they have been broken up with the hoe.
After this the camels are brought back
and pillow up strips of ground between
them. They are used, just as we use q
steam plow here. to break up hard
baked soil, for their draught power is
equal to that of three or four yoke of
oxen. 1t is not generally known that
in some of the Ceylon tea gardens ele-
plants are used for plowing.
Griggs courier., 1898-12-22

literature, and she is now working
quietly in that department. of the uni
versity. She breads the notorie,y
which she fears will follow he- remark
able good luck, and for little time
concealed the story from everyone.
Unable longer to keep the secret, she
confided it to friend, who told friend
of fhers. and SO it went around until now
everybody knows it. Miss Smith has
not yet made up her mind whether her
unexpected wealth will be worth leav~
ing her. profession for, but at any rate
it will enable her to study in Europe,
and will make of her powerful friend
of education if she decides not to leave
that field of work.
Griggs courier., 1898-12-22
cAllELs Is rAR,l1Rs.


Camels are familiar TO us in almost
every capacity which . beast Of burden
can fulfil. except that given in the IL
lustration.
Mongolian camels carry chests Of
tea; African camels carrying men Of nli
sorts and coiors up the Nile: Turkish
and Arab women inclosed in little
square boxes Of cloth. with peepholes
In them; lion cubs and young rhinoc-
crosses in cages slung between pair
of Somali camels on their way to the
coast; Indian camels of old-fashioned
Griggs courier., 1898-12-22
:! I m lfI1RICA
\ - Yssf Hal Z cAiaiasyis 4 p
traerainaIy size.


The tallest chimney in America,
monster stack 35a feet in height, has
Just been completed for the new power
house OF the Metropolitan street rail-
way. This gigantic chimney is IS feet
stn diameter at the ground. % feet in
Its narrowest part. and 35 feet at the
top. which fares outward from the
neck or narrowest part. To build it
required 3,40O.0O0 bricks-enongh, laid
end TO end. TO reach clear across the
state of New York, from Buffalo to Al
bany. Or they would build wall four
feet high and 10 miles long. If the
chimney extended along the ground in
stead of up into the air load of hay or
the biggest band wagon that ever led
circus parade could be driven through
IL easily.
The object of the esky-scraping smoke
stack is, of course, to furnish steady
draught for the giant furnaces which
will generate steam to drive the ma
chinery of the power plant. 1t has been
built with scientific exactness, there
fore, to secure just the right dimen-
sions for the air passage. The air
heated by the furnace fires rises and it's
place is taken by fresh air. When the
flow of this air currents properly regu-
lated it keeps the fires steadily at top
heat. Attempts have been made to do
away with tall smokestacks by the use
OF mechanical blowers. but the engi-
neers who are building the new power
house believe the chimney fue still pro-
vides the most efficient draught.
The nicely with which the immense
new chimney has been prepared may be
understood from the fact that inside its
Griggs courier., 1898-12-22

Frank Jay Gould. who is now master
of the income at least OF his share in the
Gould estate. $lo. .Ooo. 600. ID the ycungAst
Of the Gould children and very sober
headed. industrious and careful young
man of 81. OF course he will not get his
inheritance right away. But It viii be
taken excellent care Of and he will re-
ccive it as the will provides. Frank IS
q graduate of the University Of New
York who wasted none Of his time at