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The age-herald., 1900-03-13
AN OUTLINE OF
 THE CONVENTION Secretary Thompson of Indus trial Association Interviewed, DISCUSS WARRIOR CANAL Hon. J. A. VanHoose of Birmingham Will Speak on the Project-One
 Day Will be Devoted to
 the Race Problem
DISCUSS WARRIOR CANAL

Chattanooga, Tenn, March 12.-N. F. Thompson, secretary of the Southern In- dustrial convention to be held in this city in May, to-day outlined the scope of the convention to the Associated Press:
 This convention" he said, lis now as- stunning the shape of an industrial congress, and will embody all the forces that enter into the industrial life of the south The commissioners of agriculture from each southern state will be asked to meet Hon. James Wilson, secretary of agriculture at Washington, and consult over the best methods off advancing the agricultural in- terests of their states and formulate re- port to the general body, giving their con- clIsion. This report will be open to general discussion.
 "This plan will be followed with the su- perintendent of education. The traffic man. agers, passenger agents and industrial com- missioners of the railroads will consider how immigration to the south can best be promoted. Reports of commercial organiza- tions with all delegates from corporations and business firms will take the broader questions of commercial expansion and in- dustrial development under consideration The press of the south will consider how it can best cooperate in this great indus trial campaign, and its report will be dis cusSed by that veteran friend of the south Colonel A. K. Mcclure, of the Philadelphia Times
 ''rhe race problem will have one day with distinguished men of both races par ticipating This convention Is the first ef- fort ever made in the south to settle this much veXed problem, and the belief is ex- pressed throughout the north that this is along tine correct Mines.
 "The Philadelphia Commercial Museum will send exhibit and a delegation to show how their institutions can help the export trade of the south.
 The Philadelphia trades league will send a delegation and desires to meet represen- tatives of the steamship lines that handle the coastwise trade of the South Atlantic coast cities. New York city will send a delegation to present. the claims of an ex- hfbftion in that city of southern products and resources, while delegation from New Orleans, Mobile and Pensacola will present the matter of @ ship canal across Florida.
 The Warrior Canal
 Hon. J. A. vanHoose of Birmingham will present the Warrior canal; H. H. Har- graves of Shreveport, La.. will present hhe matter of great southern textile universi- ty to be established by the United States Government and Hon. Clark Howell and
The age-herald., 1900-03-13
THE ALABAMA HOME"

It is our wish to inculcate spirit Of thrift and economy amongst the people or Alabama and we offer all reasonable in- ducements to encourage the accumulation of savings. It is our wish to plant desire in the hearts of each household to improve their condition and own home of their own. We have had many years of experi- ence and have dealt with thousands of people. We have aided in the building of hundreds of homes in the cities of Ala bama. We have paid to our members hun dreds of thousands of dollars. Our stock holders are numbered from all the walks of business and social life-laborers, me- chan!cs and farmers, preachers, doctors and lawyers. The parent invests money in THE ALABAMA HOME" to save 1t up to send their ooy to college. We have the money of both children and grandmothers. We have the confidence and the money of many people, and in this there is great strength and usefulness. Our means are practically unlimited.
 Come and talk to us; we can be of sery- ice to you. Very faithfully,
 W. V. NJ. ROBERTSON,
 General Manager. 2-l3-1m
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Women Vino Aid in
Promoting Science

The liberalty of women in the matter of giving of their private means to educa- tional institutions and philanthropic causes is we'll known, and indeed there are few noble causes to which women have not either contributed largely of their incomes or lent their influence in other ways It will be of interest to know something in re- gard to the liberality of women who have promoted astronomical work by giving large sums of money for the interest of science. The following clipping fCom the St. Louis Globe-Democrat tells of a num- Der of women patrons of science:
 ''The most recent patron for the toll of the astronomer is Miss Alice Bache Gould, who has given $20O0O to the American Ma tional Academy of Sciences. The income of this sum Is to be devoted to aiding such researches in the astronomy of precision as shall be judged worthy of it by committee of competent professors.
 'The woman who gives oftenest and most generously to the cause Is Miss Catherine Bruce. Now she gives $250 ito buy small instrument for some devoted astronomer in a far-away island of the sea. Again it Is s25, ,0OO to aid in the removal of a big ob- servatory to a better location. She will de- vote $50 900 to the purchase of a new pho Geographic telescope for one establishment and $1,5OO to another to pay for printing the results of valuable astronomical re- searches, which results must go imprinted otherwise. These items are but a small portion of her continual benefactions to the science in its various branches. Seldom does Miss Bruce turn a deaf ear to a lauda- ble petition, no mattet from what quarter of the globe it emanates.
 Last year the resources of the Harvard observatory were augmented by the be- quest of $20 900 from Charlotte Maria Ha- yens, and $25O0O from Eliza Appleton Ha- vens, two sisters interested in the work of the astronomers.
 Miss Bernice Morrison's liberalfty made possible the founding of the Morrison ob- servatory at Columbia, Mo.
 Bandina Dudley contributed over $270OO toward the building of the observatory at Albany. which bears her name.
 Mrs. Henry Draper of New York City has given valuable instruments to the Har- yard observatory and contributed such gen. erous sums of money from time to time that a department of astronoical photog- raphy and spectroscopy is now maintained from the proceeds.
 Madame dAbbadie, together with her husband, donated their entire family tor tune to the French Academy of Science on condition that there should be completed within fifty years a catalogue of 50O,OOO stars. Madame Guzman, a French woman, was the enthusiast who left provision in her will for prize of $20,OOO for the person able to find means for communicating with a star.
 Annie Sheephanks, an English woman, who died in 1876, gave s50,O0O for the found ing of an astronomical scholarship at Trini- ty college and later bestowed $10.000 addi- taonal to buy a new transit circle for the Cambridge observatory. Work of the ut
The age-herald., 1900-03-13
~THE PLAYS

In these days of dramatic sensational ism, when many blase productions are preserIted and more attention is paid to the consummation of dramatic effect than to the intellectual construction of the play, it is refreshing to herald the advent of a classic which, whEe dealing with the dual side of life, eliminates the obtrusive ele- ments that offend the sensbtinye suscepti- Utilities of the audience and yet retains the essential material that sustainS the founda- tion upon which the structure of the story ds based. It has been demonstrated times without number that an intellectual dish dair1;ily served with the necessary accom- panying refinement will always receive the commendation of the public. No better evidence of the efficacy of such state ment Is required than the mere mention of Lewis Morrlson's great production of Faust a play which was originally pre- scented to the public sixteen years ago, and which Is today recognized as one of the foremost dramatic successes of the age
 "Faust'' will be the bill at O'Brien's opera house next Thursday matinee and night. The matinee wil be a bargain matinee, and seats will not be reserved.
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most importance was promoted by her generosity and the resulting catalogue of 14,464 stars was completed and published two years ago.
 Nearly all these women were the daugh- ters sisters or wives of men associated with astronomical interests. Some few were prompted to make free gifts through the influence of friends zealous for the good of the cause. Their bounty ill some measure compensates for the somewhat meager re- muneraton that the actual toilers in the field receive.
The age-herald., 1900-03-13
SENATOR FORAKER
 CAUSES TROUBLE
Threatens to Attempt to Make
 Porto Rico a Territory
1T CAUSED CONSERVATION
When Disagreement Arose MT. Foraker Said That if Inactivity Was Per sisted in He Would Offer Ter
 ritorial Amendment

Washington, March 12.-The senate cham Der and adjoining committee rooms to-day were the scene of conflict of opinion which found place in the congressional record
 The basis of the disagreement was Sem ator Foraker's bill providing a form of government for the island of Porto Rico, and only republican senators participated in 1t.
 The controversy grew out of efforts to have the bill amended. There are some sen- ators who hold that legislation for Porto Rico for the present at least should be con- fined to providing for the immediate needs of the inhabitants of Porto Rico, and not include efforts to establish a form of gov ernment. These senators generally believe that Porto Rico should receive no favors in the way of tariff reduction, and are content to allow the present tariff rates to continue, as they put 1t, until there is more time and the senate is better prepared for the dlspas- sionate consideration of the question. Their idea is to leave the island in the control of the war department.
 Senator Foraker, representing the friends of the pending bill, and as chairman of the Porto Rican committee made the proposl- tion of inactivity with declaration that if it was persisted in he would not only drop the bill now before the senate en- tirely, but would introduce as a substitute for it a bill providing for the organization of the island as territory, giving 1t all the officers and all the privileges and i'm munitics of such territories as Oklahoma, New Mexico and Arizona, not only making the Porto Rican people full-fedged citizens of the United States but establishing com plete free trade between the island and the United States proper. His further pur- pose, as he outlined 1t, was to introduce it as an amendment to the bill passed by the house and now pending In the senate ap- propriating the revenues collected from the island for the use of the people of the island.
 Report Caused Conformation
 When the purpose of MT. Foraker became generally known there were many hurried
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In Society.

Mrs. Hardin Winship of Tennessee is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Webb Crawford.
 -
 MT John Caldwell has returned from Hot Springs, Ark.
 Miss Brown Pierce is spending some time in Augusta.
 The wedding of Miss Marietta Os-~ald to MT. Hubert DeBardeleben occurred the past week, the ceremony being performed by pr. J. B. McFerrin. They are at home at 22A Tenth avenue.
 Miss Louisa Pointz of Cleveland, O., is visiting Miss Susie Phillips at 1901 Fourth avenue.
 Mrs. B. F. Dryer gave a small luncheon yesterday.
 Among the events of the week will be colonial dinner to be given by the Jolly Six" Friday evening March 16. at the resi- dence of Miss Edith Lathrop.
 Miss Laura Brown of Anniston who has been the guest of friends in the city re- turned home yesterday.
 The first of series of Lenten teas under the auspices of the women of St. Mary's- on-the-Highlands will take place this af- ternoon at 4;30 o'clock at the residence of, Mrs. T. U. Walters in Eleventh avenue, The offerings will be voluntary, and will be devoted to the charities of the church. A cordial invitation is extended to all women interested in charitable work
 The board of managers of the Mercy Home will meet at the home rnls morn- ing at 10 o'clock. There will be meeting of the music de- partment of the Woman's club in the club rooms at o'clock this afternoon.
 MT. and Mrs. w. J. Rich, of Cleveland O., are visiting MT. and Mrs. c. H. Schuler in Twelfth avenue. South.
 Mrs Cochran and Miss Jennie Claybrook, of Franklin, Tenn, are the guests of Mrs. James Meade, 2O14 Thirteenth avenue South.
 The Cadmean Circle will meet next Friday afteIupoon with Mrs J. D. Moore
The age-herald., 1900-03-13

Hon. Ben P. Hunt will present the claims of the poor white boys of the south for a technological school. that will give the white boys such an education as will fit them to enter the industrial field with bet ter chances to earn an honest living.
 The govdrnors of the southern states, of course, will be expected to be present and will be given one day to show how the off, cials of each state can best send their aid to the development of their respective states. These embrace the scope that the Chattanooga meeting will take and these are not all by any means. The programme will be issue some time soon and this will give the detail work the convention will have before it
The age-herald., 1900-03-13
Plead Guilty to Embezzlement

Little Rock Ark, March d2.-Mrs. Flor ence Beasley, ex-postmistress at Shiro, I. T., who was arrested last Thursday at Fort Smith on a charge of embedding postoffice funds, entered a plea of guilty, and was sentenced to ninety days in jail at Fort Smith. On the same day Mrs. Beasley's father, J. w. Smith, was convicted in the same court at Cameron, H. T., of embezzle- ment, while he was agent of the Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf railroad at Spiro.
The age-herald., 1900-03-13
Seeing Is Relieving

fraction and to know the science of lens building is to be an optician. A graduate optician at the Birmingham Optical Com pany will examine your eyes free (Rear of Nortons Drugstore.) tue, thu&sun
The age-herald., 1900-03-13
Annual Meeting

The regular annual meeting of the Ala bama Industrial and Scientific society will be held in the rooms of the Commercial club in Birmingham at 3:90 Wednesday af- ternoon, March IA, 190O At this meeting there will be an election of officers of the society for the ensuing year, and other business of importance to the society.
 EUGENE A. SMITH,
 Secretary. 3-13-tues&wed
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The Girl from Chilli

Press and public are unanimous in praise of 'The Girl From Chilli" Imaginable farce comedy, which will appear at the Audto- rum Friday night Saturday matinee and night They say it is "the laughiest yet" and that no other farce contains so many laughs or so many mirth-provoking situations. "The Girl from Chili'' becomes the subject of Robert LighIheart's lies and places her in all kinds of misunderstand- 1ngs but he at last falls victim to her charms and all ends happily,
The age-herald., 1900-03-13
3-13- we,
Notice

There will be a meeting of King Solomon Lodge No. 46O tonight at Masonic hall, at 7:30 O clock sharp, at which the entered ap- prentice degree will be conferred. All mem- bers are earnestly requested to be present. All visitors will be welocemed.
 J. H. PHILLIPS, w. M. JAMES T. MEADE, Sec.
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Germany win Not Interfere

Durban, Monday, March 12.-The Trans vaal having appealed to Germany for me- diation or intervention in the war with Great Britain, Germany has replied that she declines to interfere, as she Is in nc way concerned in the conflict.
The age-herald., 1900-03-13
Important Meeting.

The board of directors of the Birming- ham Free Kindergarten association will meet today at 3 p. m. in the Commercial club rooms. Mrs. Harry Harsh, Secretary.
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FrankIin's Crew Arriyes

New Orleans. March 12.-The British steamship Barnstable, which arrived, from Belize, Honduras, this afternoon, brought Captain D. Rasmussen and crew, of the Norwegian steamship Franklin, which was wrecked on February 27 at a. m. at Chin- chora banks, 100 miles north of Belize. Captain Rasmussen states that the vessel, as well as the cargo, will prove total loss, the rocks having penetrated her bot tom. The Franklin was en route from Mo- bile to lBelizo with a part cargo of general merchandise which was valued at $SOO0. The crew saved only a part of their ef- fects, and will be sent from here to Norway by the Norwegian consul.
The age-herald., 1900-03-13
Rabbi sa e's Le ecture

Rabbi Sale, of St. Louis, will deliver his lecture at Temple Emanuel at S:S0 o'clock tonight. The pubic is invited.
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Advertise in the Age-Herald.
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Mrs. Hardin Winship of Tennessee is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Webb Crawford.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-22
FAMOUS LETTERS.
Five That ReyoIutiOnize the Art of
Writing Them.
From the Cleveland Leader.

From the Cleveland Leader.
OF modern English letter writers, but
four are of remarkable merit, Grey, Hor-
ace Walpole, Cooper and Charles Lamb.
Lady Mary Worthy Montague was
ubt ess celebrated in this line of litera-
ture, but her letters are marred by a GER
taia indalicacy Of tone and a self-con-
Sciousness which will not hide itself.
Lord Chesterfeld's famous eplstles to
his son are more creditable to his head
than to his heart; polished man of the
word the ugh he was, his teachings show
nm to have been but a sorry gentleman.
Va ame de Sevigne's are always cheer
M, FOR sha possessed the rare art of CIV
a touch Of sincere coloring to her cor
/ Spond nee, whatever the subject
Hono Balzac's letters to Nine. de
nih ska before his marriage with that
uehtful
but, not one of those had, even in a re-
o.e degree, any influence over the style
~ me epistclary literature of the age,
"ulsl small volume of ISL pages, con-
sisuhs of five love letters, written by an
.uAhoWn woman immured In an obscure
Invent in remote province of Portugal
.',ary three centuries ago, and entitled
mply 'Lettres Portuguese" suddenly
NoIu'ionlzed the art Of letter writing and
zane a model for the whole of Europe.
an me seventeenth century The style of
IRE pondence in France and England
YES iahorious, affected, fnical and illus
~ men expressed the complex emo
s'nS OF their hearts with complex insip-
10y ana with an elaborate effort at rhe-
,r,ic which was at once wearisome and
a-,t,t.auhg. 1t indeed seemed, as Taleyrand
~. ssed 1t, that words were used to dis
the their feelings rather than express
A short preface to the "Lettres Portu-
suese' which were published in Paris,
es mat they were written to a gentle
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-22

Everything was pointing to a tremendous
success, when just at dusk on the first
day a frightful mishap occurred.
"A small field mouse darted suddenly
out of the grass, made two or three be-
wildered dashes, and fell headlong into
the wooden air tube. AT the next instant
the most awful iblood-freezing. inhuman
howl ever heard by mortal ears issued out
of the bowels of the earth. Even TO me.
who knew OBrien was wideawake and
in no peril whatever, the yell was deeply
horrifying while the effect upon others
may possibly be imagined but never
adequately described. Women tainted and
men became hysterical, and oil the while
those .hideous shrieks kept pouring swift
ly out of the tube.
"Well. to make long story short. a
shovel brigade was organized, and in less
than ten minutes OBrien was reached
and hauled out He was then in a stale
of limp collapse, but he had strength
enough to denounce the test as a fake
and declared that we had inveigled him
into it by taking advantage of his power
ty. When he got that far along the pro-
fessor and 1 quietly slipped away and
left town unostentatiousy on a freight.
The crowd was certainly In lynching tenn
per, What happened to O'Brien was
merely a breakdown of nerve, and the
mouse landing suddenly on his neck drove
him insane with panic for the time being.
That episode resulted in the passage of
ordinances prohibiting the burial test In
scores of Northern cities
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-22
LEGAL NOTICES.

GEORGIA, CHATHAM COUNTY
whereas, NJ. A. OByrne has applied to
Court Of Ordinary for letters of adminis-
iration on the estate Of Ann Carroll, de-
ceased.
These are, therefore, to cite and adj
monish all whom Il may concern to be
and appear before said court to make
objection az any they have) on or before
the first Monday In June, next, other
wise said letters win be granted
Witness, the Honorable Hampton l..
Ferrill. ordinary for Chatham county.
this the 3Oth day OF April, 1900.
FRANK f. KEILBACH.
Clerk G. o., c. Co.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-22
BEAR AND DOGS IN A FIGHT.
A Monster silver Tip That Killed
Two Hounds Before He Was
Finished.
From the Denver Times.

From the Denver Times.
Glenwood Springs, Col-The attention
of people who happened to be on the
streets Wednesday afternoon was drawn
to a party of three worn and weary hunt
ers who rode into town accompanied by
eight foxhounds that seemed TO be well
tagged out, and, like their masters, APP
peared to have seen some very hard SER
vice the last day or so. But what seemed
to interest the people most was an i'm
mense bear pelt of the silver tip family.
The hunters were A. S. Baxter, who Is
known all over this part of the state as
an ideal guide and hunter of the western
slope. The other hunters were Charles
Baxter and John Halford.
When the hide was hung up it was
found to be 8 feet inches across from
front paw to front paw, and feet 8
inches in length. The bear balanced the
scale at 91S pounds and the hide alone
weighed seventy-five pounds. For this
Mr. Baxter refused an offer of $780, An
impression of the paws of the, animal
was taken in plaster of paris at the taxi
dermy establishment and is quite a Gu
riosity. The front paw measures II
inches in length by inches in width and
the hind one IN inches by Z inches. Mr..
Baxter, whose fifteen years of experience
as a hunter has brought to his notice
animals of all kinds, size and quality,
says it is without a doubt the largest
bear ever killed in this part of the coun-
try. He was an old veterans of the noun
tains and is at least 10 years of age, pos
sibly 20.
The party of three, on horseback and
with ten trained hounds and a pack
horse, started out last Sunday morning
more to exercise the dogs and themselves
after winters rest than with the ex-
pectation of seeing bear, as they could
hardly be expected out of their winter
holes yet in the deep SHOWS of the higher
ranges. AS the party Travelled IN north
westerly direction from this town on a
gradual rise the warm spring climate OF
the valley soon gave place to the cold
and frost of the higher altitude.
On the second day out the party while
travelling down one Of the tributaries of
Piceance creek, which flows into the
White river, and passing through dense
underbrush, I'm which it was hard to see
the trail of any animal, the hounds be-
came alert and very nervous. Suddenly