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The age-herald., 1901-03-23
United States Court.

In the United States Court the case of Tom Strickland charged with retailing resulted in a mistrial.
 Willie Williamson and Alonzo Cook charged with retailing, were acquitted.
 R. A. Borck is on trial charged with the same offense.
 Petitions in bankruptcy were filed by Joseph Branch, Charley Guy and W. E. Ayers.
 Yesterday being Friday. no marriage li- censes were applied for as usual.
 The following deeds were filed:
 S. Bethea and wife to W. M. Jordan s-12-o1, s165O; lot 6. block 5Ss, Birming- ham.
 G. F. Wheeler and wife to s. Bethea, 3-4-01, $15O0; lot G. block 5SS. Birmingham.
 Birmingham Building and Loan Asso- citation to F. F. Snedecor, 3-7-01, $1050J lot 13 and east half II, block 2S4 Birrhing ham.
 Bessemer Land and Improvement Com pany to T. w. Stubblefield, 3-1S-01, s100; lots D, 6. [, 8, block 450, Bessemer.
 Mrs. NJ. Allen to w. J. Duncan, 3-16-01, s165O; east half lot 15, block 104, Birming ham.
 J. w. Brigman to w. o'Bryne, S-2o-ol, s25o0; lot [, block 16C, Ensley.
The age-herald., 1901-03-23
To Forfeit Telephone Charter.

Frankfort, Ky, March 22.-Attorney- General Breckinridge filed suit today, the object of which was to forfeit the charter giving the Cumberland Telephone Com pany right to do business in this state It is charged the telephone company has bought up numerous competing telephone companies in violation of the constitution which provides that common carriers shall not consolidate, and makes forfeit ure of charter the penalty for violation
The age-herald., 1901-03-23
COMMISSIONER CORNISH
Binds Over Buck Johnson and w. W
 Bills.

Buck Johnson was arrested yesterday on a charge of retailing. He was taken before United States Commissioner W. K. Cornish who will give him preliminary trial today. He was committed to jail in default of a $100 bond.
 W. w. Bills was arrested on a charge of perjury. He will have preliminary trial before Commissioner Cornish on Monday at 12:SO. He gave bond for his appearance in the sum of $200.
The age-herald., 1901-03-23
JAM ES PHLlGER
Died Last Neht-Was Well-known
 Printer.

James Phliger, a printer. and member of Typographical Union No 1O4, died last night at 9:3O at his lodgings in Twentieth street, between Second and Third ave- nues, pneumonia being the cause of his death.
 The remains were taken to the under taking establishment of Green, Taylor and Company, where they are awaiting the arrival of his sister from Ohio. She is expected today and will give directions as to the funeral.
The age-herald., 1901-03-23
CATTLE PERMITS.
Mexcans Will Not Allow Owners To
 Cross the Line.

Washington, March 22.-Mr. McCreery, secretary of the United States legation in Mexico, has sent to the State Depart ment a note from the secretary of t'e Mexican treasury in regard to the com plaints about the Mexican authorities re- to enter Mexico. The note says the Mex ican State Department never has prohib- ited the owners of these cattle from en- tering the country and the delay has arisen from the necessity of communicat- ing with the central government by tele- graph. Instructions have been given to the local collectors to issue directly such
 permits to Americans as will enable them to spend ten days to recover their cattle.
The age-herald., 1901-03-23
EXCITING CHASE.
Police Officers and Citizns After Sup
 posed Mad Dog.

the police department and a number of citizens had a lively chase through the business portion of the city about Il o'clock last night after a dog that was supposed to be mad. The animal was act ing in queer manner and Is said to have had green eyes, one of the symptoms of hydrophobia, when the officers began the chase. It was described as, a large white dog, half bull, and when the officers start ed towards it it broke and ran into Sec ond alley at Nineteenth street As it entered the mouth of the alley Officer Baker fired at it but missed his mark The chase was continued to Twentieth street, thence east In Third avenue. The dog finally escaped.
The age-herald., 1901-03-23
BASE BALL.
Mistake In Printed Schedule-Chatta-
 nooga Has "Rooters' Club.

The official schedule of games for the season adopted by the Southern Base ball Association contains an inaccuracy in certain dates. In the printed schedule Memphis is booked to play in both Bir- mingham and Selma on August 5, and '. The Memphis team will be in this city on those dates, and Selma will be in Little Rock.
 The contract for building the track around the ball park and the grand stand and bleachers at Chattanooga has been let and work on their construction will begin the first of next week.
 The baseball enthusiasts at Chattanooga have organized Hooters Club, which will attend all games and hoop it up for the home boys.
The age-herald., 1901-03-23
Links and Pins.

John c. Lusk, travelling passenger agent of the Alabama Great Southern Railroad, returned from Mississippi yesterday. He made the trip from Birmingham to Me- ridian, Miss, on local freight train, stopping at every station along the line. He stated to an Age-Herald reporter yes- terday that he was told at every station that large numbers of people would come to Birmingham to the Street Fair. The special rates on account of the Street Fair will apply to all stations in Alabama between Birmingham and Meridian, and Mir. Lusk states that his road will bring hundreds of persons to the city during that week.
 w. A. Davis, who has been a clerk in the local freight office of the Alabama Great Southern Railroad for a number of years, has resigned his position, and yes terday afternoon left for his old home in business.
 Bids are being received at Union Springs for the construction of the Union Springs and Northern Railroad, a short line to run from Union Springs to Fort Davis, in Macon County, where it will connect with the Georgia and Alabama division of the Seaboard Air Line.
 Traffic Manager E. H. Hinton and Gen. eral Passenger Agent J. C. Halle of the Central of Georgia Railroad have issued a circular, in which they quote the Chi cago Tribune as saying:
 While the bulk of the Georgia yield goes to New York and other Eastern markets Chicago is favored annually with steadily increasing percentage, and fruit men agree in pronouncing the Georgia peach as by all means the best in point of size, flavor and firmness that comes to this market"
 G. F. Browder, division freight agent of the Southern Railway, is in Mobile on business trip.
 N. M. Breeze. commercial agent of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul at At lanta, was in the city yesterday.
 w. l.. Law general manager of the Bir- mingham and Atlantic Railroad, was in the city yesterday.
The age-herald., 1901-03-23
Leipsic Philharmonic Orchestra.

Now that the visit of the great German orchestra Is an event of the immediate future, 1t is interesting to note the i'm pression it has made in some of our Amer ican music centers in the recent past.
 MT. Philip Hale, the first of Boston's music critics, writes at length of their visit to the Hub in this weeks letter to the Musical Courier of New York.
 Among other things he has this to say:
 But these men-nearly all of them are young, and some are boys-have been carefully trained. The attack was excel lent; there was precision even in wood- wind passages, and there was evident ap- preciation of the music there was respect for art; and above all there was an enthu- siasm that often brought about stirring results"
 Of the playing of MT. silvinski and the orchestral accompaniment, the following Is eloquent:
 MT. Slivinski played three concertos within twenty-four hours: Tschaikow- sky's No. 1, Saint-Saens' in G minor and Chopin's in E minor. He played with flu ency and elegance, and his performance of the first movement and the Romance was especially admirable. He was ac- companied with rare sympathy Indeed, MT Winderstein's accompaniment to Tschaikowsky's Concerto stamped him at once as a conductor of authority and taste"
 Not only the musical community of Birmingham, but all lovers of high art and first-class entertainment are antici- pating with great pleasure the visit of this famous orchestra to our musical city the only visit it will make in this State, a compliment to be proud of.
 Thursday night of next week. at the Jefferson Theatre. Tickets now on sale at the box office
The age-herald., 1901-03-23
AMUSE MEN IS.

large and enthusiastic audience greet ed the production of Master and Man by the Crescent Stock Company at the Auditorium last night. This is by far the most excellent of their bills, and the masterly manner in which it was handled by the respective members of the cast would have done credit to a more pre- tentious organization. This company has worked it's way into the hearts of Birmingham theatregoers. and it's artistic
The age-herald., 1901-03-23
Mexican Railway Directors.

New York, March 22.-At the meeting of the stockholders of the Mexican Ma tional Railway Company today to name directors for the ensuing year, Martin Erdmann, Henry w. Taft and Gabriel Morton, representing Speyer and Com pany, were named to succeed George Eos ter Peabody, Walter Hinchman and James Sullivan, who represented the con- solidation company.
The age-herald., 1901-03-23
City Court.

In the second division of the City Court Judge Charles A. Senn is hearing the case of P. R. McGlothery vs. the Western Assurance Company. This is a suit on an insurance policy.
 Hattie Morrison has filed suit against Albert Morrison for divorce on the ground of cruel treatment,
The age-herald., 1901-03-23

presentations are deserving of liberal pa- tronage. The engagement terminates to- day with two performanees-matinee at 2;s0. when Queens Evidence" will be of fered. and My Partner at night. Full line of specialties and two presents of formance.
The age-herald., 1901-03-23
PERSONAL.

William B. Friedman, editor of the Montgomery department of the Jewish Chronicle of Mobile. Is in the city in the interest of the paper.
 Ray Knight, formerly of Anniston. and who has great many friends in Birming- ham, was in the city yesterday He moved to New York a few months ago and now calls that city his home
 w. H. Hassinger, district manager for the Republic Iron and Steel Company went to New Orleans yesterday for a few days recreation.
 Among the Metropolitan Hotel arrivals yesterday were Miss M A. Hunt Chi cago, Miss Helen Harris, Chicago; c. R. Brodix. New York; T. w. Mooney, Gin cinnati; J. Cobb, Detroit; W. F. Herbert, Montgomery; A. T. Pinckard, Southern Railway; T. T. Harris, Blocton; J. A. Saddu, Alabama; W. G. Crawford, Truss vile; E. Clarke. M. D., Chattanooga; F. P. Ramsey. Oxfrd; D. E Morrow. Bloss- burg; F. H. Dow, Chicago; o. Doty, Anniston; r. D. Chamberlain, Chicago; Mrs. L. Davis. Louisville; w. D. Lee, New Orleans; J. S. little, Indianapolis; J. R. Wilmore, New York; J. T. Fiten. Atlanta; T. J. Fisher St. Louis; II. E. Prapst. Fayette; c. B. Hyde, Fayette; Ed Fever. Michigan; John w. Dozier, Coch ran, Ga.; E. M. Fuller. Albany, Ga; w. c. McClung, Baltimore; John A. Murray. Atlanta; G. II. Tlpp, Albanyi w. H. Mitchell. Talledega; C. W. Johnson, Cin- cinnati; c. H. Gotham. citx; J. E. Colston, city, c. s. Treadwell. Chicago; George w. Zodar. Alexander. La; John White, An niston; James J. Brady, Chicago; Thomas Simms, city; Dr. l.. M. Latham, Ensley; O. A. Latham. Ensley; M. Metz, Cincin- nati; T. E. Jones. Boston; Jake Zeier, Montreal, Charles A. Heard, Chattanoo- ga.
The age-herald., 1901-03-23
Increase In Piracy.

Pekin, March 22.-Robert M. McWade, the United States Consul at Canton, re- ports a great increase in piracy on the West river Ships are attacked by the pirates even in sight of Canton, and their cargoes are stolen. Three pirates have been captured and beheaded in the pres ence of the foreign consuls, and at the same time ship was being robbed with in three miles of the city, and a steam launch belonging to the Dutch consul was stolen.
The age-herald., 1901-03-23
NOTICE 1

The Birmingham Loan Go. has moved to 1l6 North 2Oth street, two doors below the old stand. where they will be glad to see their old friends.
The age-herald., 1901-03-23
TO INSTITUTE SUITS.
He,eased Men Will Bring Proceedings
 Against Butler County Officials.

lAs stated in the Age Herald Thursday morning, number of damage suits will
The age-herald., 1901-03-23

The map furnished our subscribers Is the most complete of it's kind ever published.
The age-herald., 1901-03-23
More RumOrS Concerning the
 Vacancy in Circulation,
COMBINATION TO FlGHTLC
L. & N. and Southern Said To Have an rstanding-crowds Com. ing to Elks Street Fair.
 Links and Pins.

mechanic at the local shops of the Louis vile and Nashville Railroad Company, and by some 1t is believed that the office will go- thrilled for some time, if not per manently report was in circulation a few days ago that D. D. Briggs of Nash vile would be transferred to this city as master mechanic, and yesterday 1t was rumored that Master Mechanic Giles of Pensacola was slated for the place. It Is claimed by some, however, that a general foreman will be appointed at an early date, and that he will discharge the duties of a master mechanic. It is stated that business at the local shops has dropped off considerably in the last few weeks, and that there is danger of some of the employees being laid off for awhile until business picks up more.
 To Fight Illinois Central.
 One of the Memphis papers prints a story in which it is claimed that the Southern Railway and the Louisville and Nashville Railroad will combine in a fight against the Illinois Central. The story Is as follows:
 ''The latest rumblings in railroad cir i ern and the Louisville and Nashville, and their respective connections, in a fight on the Illinois Central This is the latest rumor in southern railroad circles and is given considerable credence by local of fcials In standardization of this 1t has been said that the Southern Railway peo- pie and the Louisville and Nashville peo- pie have recently gone over the lines of the aforementioned roads for the pur- pose of making a sort of inspection, and that the deal spoken of will be the out come Of it.
 Tt can hardly be thought, however that the railroad men will ever do any thing but deny this rumor. They cannot come out and confirm 1t, but they always deny them and then go ahead and do just about as rumor says It. It has been said that the Louisville and Nashville could have prevented the Southern Railway from getting the Mobile and Ohio, and 1t has also been said that the Southern Rail way could have prevented the Louisville and Nashville from getting the Seaboard Air Line, but neither of these was done, and both systems are made the stronger. Now it is said they will continue to fight the Illinois Central, because neither one by itself is able to cope with the Illinois Central.
 "The combination in any way of the Southern Railway and the Louisville and Nashville would effectually control over three fourths of the railroad business of the south It would practically mean the consolidation of three of the four big systems of the south, the Southern, the Louisville and Nashville and the Sea- board Air Line.
 Such a combination would give them control of about 12,OOO miles of railroad, reaching to every city and port of any size or prominence in the south.
 Just what there is behind this talk cannot be learned but the knowing ones think there is an agreement or deal of soma kind p
The age-herald., 1901-03-23

The map furnished our subscribers is the most complete of Its kind ever published.
The age-herald., 1901-03-23

w. H. Hassinger, district manager for the Republic Iron and Steel Company went to New Orleans yesterday for a few days recreation.
The age-herald., 1901-03-23

William B. Friedman, editor of the Montgomery department of the Jewish Chronicle of Mobile. Is in the city in the interest of the paper.
The Yale expositor., 1901-10-11
ROUSSEAU WAS MODEST.
He Refused to Expose Impostor
Posing in His Shoes.

Jean Jacques Rousseau was not
troubled greatly by conscientious scru-
pies, yet he possessed the rare virtue
of broad, human sympathy in an
eminent degree. Perhaps it was the
consciousness of his own weaknesses
that made him so sympathetic toward
others. An anecdote is related of him
which places this virtue of his in a
strong light. On one occasion he had
composed an opera, which was per-
formed before the king, Louis XIV,
and met with the royal approval The
king sent for him and If he had put
in an appearance he would probably
have obtained pension. He was.
however, of a retiring disposition and
could not bring himself to face the
court To his friends he gave as a
reason his republican opinions, but his
real reason was his shyness. Accord
ingly he fled from the court and
sought the privacy of a public inn.
While he was there a man came in,
who began telling the company that
he was the celebrated Rousseau, and
proceeded to give an account of his
opera, which. he said, had been per-
formed before the king with great sue
cess. Most men IN Rousseau's position
would have felt nothing but contempt
for the impostor, but this extraordi-
nary man felt only pity and shame.
81 trembled and blushed So" he tells
US in his Confessions" for fear the
man should be found out, that 1t
might have been thought. that l was
the impostor." He was afraid that
somebody might come in who knew
him and expose the pretender At last
ne could bear it no longer and slipped
out unobserved. Very few people
would treat an impostor like that
Detroit Free Press.
The Yale expositor., 1901-10-11
LAP WOMEN OF ALASKA.
they Are Picturesque Figures and are
Very Intelligent.

Very Intelligent.
The Lap women who live in Alaska
are proving themselves exceedingly
valuable by their aptness in the man
agement and care of the reindeer and
they are now teaching the native Alas
kan the art, If such it may be called
There are about a dozen reindeer sta
tions now established in Alaska and
more to follow. The natives are re-
quired to serve an apprenticeship OF
several years at the reindeer stations.
During this time they are practically
taught how to manage the deer and the
making of sledges and reindeer har-
ness. After the expiration of their
service the government allows each a
number OF deer as his own personal
property. The total number of rein
deer in Alaska at present is $500, OF
which some 1000 have been distributed
to the Eskimos. The average Lap
woman is picturesque figure. She is
generally young and robust and ten
chances to one has an infant in her
characteristic Lapland cradle, which
10 utWu Out VI a SOllu lOS anu CdIIleu
on the back by a strap. The wife OF
the chief herder is one of the most
notable women of the colony. She is
very intelligent and her particular duty
is to teach the Eskimo women the art
of making reindeer clothing, which
Is the warmest and best adapted for
arctic climates. She also instructs
them how to prepare the various food
stuffs which the reindeer furnishes,
such as butter, cheese, and the cooking
and drying of the meat For this work
she receives the same pay as the herd
ers.
She travels from station to station,
where the classes of women are assem-
bled from the surrounding country OF
100 miles or more. She then gives daily
object lessons in her domestic work
and gradually the Eskimo women are
taught the ways OF civilization.-Utica
Globe.
The Yale expositor., 1901-10-11
STILL TALKING ABOUT 1T.

Bryant, Mo-, Il. 7th.-The case OF
Mrs. M. A. Goss, continues to be the
chief topic of conversation in this
neighborhood. Mrs. Goss was Grip
pie for a long time with Sciltica; she
was so bad she couldn't turn over in
bed and for four months she lay on
one side.
She had tried everything without
getting ANY relief. till at last she
heard of Dodd's Kidney Pills. She is
strong and we'll today, and has not a
single ache or pain.
Mrs. Goss says: II don't know If
Dodd's Kidney Pills will cure any
thing else or not, but / do know they
will cure iatica, for they cured me,
and there couldn't be : worse case
than mine"
The Yale expositor., 1901-10-11
IT ALTERED TIE CASE.

She had looked the house over and
was satisfied with 1t. but as she re-
turned the key to the agent thought
struck her, and she said:
"Ah. there is one more thing. Let
me ask If anyone has ever died in the
house."
why. yes. l believe So" he re-
luctantly replied.
THAT settles 1t then, and I won't
take the house."
But people are dying in houses all
che time" he protested.
Yes. but the idea is urcanny. I'll
loox for a new house"
But listen, ma'am. This was no
The Yale expositor., 1901-10-11
HARDLY WORTH MENTIONING.

day called down into his study to per-
form the marriage ceremony for a
couple in middle life.
Have you ever been married be-
fore?" asked the clergyman of the
bridegroom.
"No sir"
Have you?" to the bride.
well, yes, have" replied the
bride, laconically; "but that was 20
years ago, and he fell off a barn and
killed hisself when we'd been married
only week. so he really amt worth
mentioning"
The Yale expositor., 1901-10-11
THE TIME TO LAUGH.
SOME GOOD JOKES, ORIGINAL AND
SELECTED.
It Was Close Call, but the Postal
Clerk Anticipated the Danger In Time
Facts Alter Cases-Reason for tho
Deed.
1T WAS A CLOSE CALL.

"I want, sir" he said as he got
speech with the chief clerk at the
postoffice the other afternoon-"I
want to report to you that on Novem-
ber %. wrote letter to my brother
in Kalamazoo, Mich"
81 see," replied the official.
"In that letter, sir, inquired about
celery-how to prepare the soil, how
to grow it, how to bleach the stalks
to milky whiteness."
"Yes."
81 inclosed a dollar bill for seeds
and asked my brother to respond at
once. folded that letter up, sir, and
directed it and stamped it and mailed
it. The days went by. Day after
day fled into the past, and no response
came. My Kalamazoo brother is not
a procrastinator, sir. On the con-
trary. he is chain lightning at an
swering letters When a fortnight
had passed without response, wrote
him again."
"And he hadn't received the first?"
said the clerk as he tapped his nose
with his pencil.
"He had not. My epistle had never
been placed in his hands,"
"And then you came and filed a re-
port?"
"No, sir. I decided to handle the
case myself. 1 had my brother watch
the Kalamazoo postofice while
watched this and had a friend in
Washington keep an eye on the post
master general. Night after night.
sir, have walked around this build
ing at midnight in disguise. By day
light or darkness my eyes and ears
have been open. 1t was the same with
my brother at Kalamazoo, the same in
Washington"
And haven't you struck a clew
yet?" was asked.
ct have, sir. Yes, sir, up to last
night I had a clew leading up to the
guilty party and was certain that his
punishment could not be long delayed
when strange thing happened.
discovered the letter lying under some
papers on my desk. 1t had not been
mailed"
"All through your own carelessness. Z"
"Yes, sir"
"And your clew was knocked into a
cooked hat"
Eyes, SIR"
And you have no case against the
Postal Department"
mo, sir"
'Well?"
well, sir, thought I'd come and
tell you about it and say that I had
abandoned the case and no one would
be arrested, but at the same time. sir
at the same time. in the interest Of
justice and integrity"
"You feel it your duty to warn us
not to do so again." finished the chief
clerk as the other hesitated.
That's it exactly and to hope that
this narrow escape may be a lesson
to you all the days of your life. That's
all, sir. and now wish you all good
day, SIR"
The Yale expositor., 1901-10-11
LITTLE LAUGHLETs.
Then All Was Wen.

He had just explained to her that
be could not possibly defer the mar
riage for longer than three months.
and that if she would not consent it
were better to break off things at once
than later. She had listened sadly.
wondering. She did not see why he
refused to wait longer for her--she
had asked but a year-and then she
consented to the limit.
'Do you know. darling, what l
would have done IL you had not con-
sented?" he asked.
She looked quietly into his eyes. He
could see she had been hurt. Her
lips parted. but she said not word.
why, would have waited" he
said.