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Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-07-15

you get | started collecting two
days ago and have Low got 40-1l TICK.
cts So that snail have thai exchange,
If only remain here long enough
The one drawback to the enjoyment
OF an omnibus ride is the jolting and
should advise people with nerves"
to abstain from riding In them alto
gether. heard story of a young
man who suffered from nervousness
being foolish enough to take bus.
He didn't feel anything unusual as
he was riding. but when he alighted
he found he was in such a palpitation
that the money in his pockets was
jumping up and down. He met a
friend and shook hands with him. but
to his surprise, his friend yelled and
let go Immediately, looking extremely
scared. Well do you know what it
was? Why. that ride had so shaken
that young man, the jolting had so
acted on his nervous system that ever
after that he was nothing less than
galvanic battery. SO that his friends
whenever they wanted an electric
shock merely had to shake hands with
him and they got it. OF course. this
story may not be true; ! give it to you
simply as I heard it.
BOB
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-07-15

NEW YORK. July 12.-The Morgan
steamship Ell Rio of the Morgan line
from New Orleans, arrived here this
morning and reported that on July
8 she fell in with the brig Munson from
Mobile. The brig was water-logged
and sinking. The FL Rio took off the
captain and the crew of seven men
and brought them to this port
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-07-15

Miss Lena Brindle has returned
from the Pueblo Business College
where she has been studying stenog-
raphy and typewriting. She will re-
main during the summer with her
aunt, Mrs. Leeks.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-07-15

Mrs. w. A. Sedwick is expecting the
arrival OF her sister, Mrs. c. e. LEIGH,
and child. of Baltimore, on this even
ing's train.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-07-15

Geo. N. Raymond and S. d. Wilson
left this morning for the top of the
range. where they will put in II couple
OF days fishing.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-07-15

M. A. Hahn. the jeweler, has receiv
ed the invoice for one gross of watches
ranging in grade from the lowest tc
the highest.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-07-15

Ed. F. Rice, representing Utz &
Dunn of Rochester, N. Y. manufac
turers of ladies fine shoes, spent the
day in Durango. He went to Silver
ton this afternoon.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-07-15

Rev. Stone who is in town today
from Bayfield, says that the haying
season is about over. Many of the
farmers are planning fishing trips for
next week. Three new members
were added to the Presbyterian church
at Bayfield, last Sunday
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-07-15

Miss Rosa Dick returned last even
ing from six months trip through
California and Texas. Miss Dick says
she enjoyed her visit immensely. while
her health is much improved form
the change.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-07-15

Mrs. Frank Broad returned to
Chama this morning after two weeks
spent visiting the home folks.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-07-15
From Fridays Daily.

The friends of Mrs Bert Gartin will
be glad to learn that she is improving
after a long seriousillness.
The age-herald., 1901-12-16
CATCH SIX NEGROES
 OUT OF BUNCH OF SO
Police Make a Raid on Negro Club and Lively Scene
 Ensues. ..

Officers Culpepper and Fowler yester- day afternoon raided the negro club over a livery stable in Third avenue between Eighteenth and Nineteenth streets, and as result six were arrested for violat- ing the Sunday laws There were about fifty negroes in the club at the time it was raided but owing to the fact that there were but two officers. all but six escaped through the back windows, jump ing on a shed and then to the ground.
 The six caught were J. C.. Sims. Jeff Black Will Sullivan, Dock Stinson, Henry Legg and Lewis Moore. They gave bond to appear today before Judge Feagin on the above charge.
 The raid is regular Sunday institution and at police headquarters is known as the Carrie Nation gang. The officers are given nothing else to do but to watch out for those who persist in breaking the Sabbath
The age-herald., 1901-12-16
At Valley Forge.

At the Jefferson theater Vim. L. Roberts latest drama of colonial times, At Valley Forge" will be the offering tonight. It is said that "At Valley Forge" has won for itself praise seldom accorded a dramatic composition. The story it Is claimed is one of heart inter est and feeling set in an environment of romance and comedy. It is said that from the beginning to the end the dramatic intensity of the story develops itself in a series of climaxes which follow each other in logical continuity, and that the scenical effects are true to the atmos- phere of the localities in which the play is laid Messter, Lester & Go. promise a cast that is entirely in keeping with the production and the requirements of the play itself, with MT. Wm. L. Roberts and Miss Olive Martin at the head of the list as the stellar features.
 In speaking of the performance the Sioux City Qowa) Journal said:
 ''The play, one full of scenes of the war of the revolution, was good and the parts were generally well taken. Though the play is full of patriotic incidents, the plot is one of love, not war. The four acts cover the time from a few months before the battle of Trenton to the fall of Yorktown and the surrender of Corn wallis and presents a good picture of rev. olutionary times"
The age-herald., 1901-12-16
TAZES FIVE WOMEN TO
 HOLD A CHAMBERMAID
Kitty Kline Takes Too Many Drinks in Rooms While
 Cleaning Up.

Kitty Rhine, chambermaid at the Hill- man Hotel, sobered up yesterday after noon at the city jail from the effects of a very well developed jag to find herself in a slightly the worse for wear con- dition, with her clothing partially torn off, and her face bruised and bleeding from wounds made while trying to beat her brains out against the walls of the jail.
 She had fought every thing in her way, and during her worst moments of wild ness 1t required five women to hold her She was brought into the jail from the hotel where she was committing all kinds of pranlSs and trying to break up furniture in this condition.
 According to her story she had been cleaning up a room on her floor and one of the boarders asked her to take a drink. She did so and then went to an other room and took another drink She hit the bottle still third time in anoth- CT room and after that she did not re- member what happened until she woke up at the city jail several hours after wards
The age-herald., 1901-12-16

Thirty-four arrests in twelve hours was the record of the police department during Saturday and Saturday night. It Is good record in some ways, showing that the police had worked hard, but when multiplied by S65 makes a total for the year of 12,4l0
 Seventeen of the cases were made for disorderly conduct which was more or less aggravated. The next highest bid was for larceny. which added up made total of seven, while assault and battery came third with four cases, two of them with a weapon.
 One case each is credited to lettering, wanted elsewhere, resisting an officer, vagrancy. obtaining money under false protenses, and driving on the wrong side of the street. Thirteen of the arrests were white and the rest negroes.
 One peculiar part of the arrests Satur- day was the fact that there was not tramp in the lot, and only one of them for vagrancy. Had this department come
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The age-herald., 1901-12-16
MERCHANTS WILL SUFFER
Warm Weather is Promised for Tues day With Not So Much Wind. Plumbers in Demand All
 Over the City.
TEMPERATURE.

The coldest weather Birmingham has had since records were first taken. visited here yesterday morning and before o'clock mercury went down the tube un- til it reached a mark but eos degrees above zero. It gradually climbed upward yesterday afternoon, when it again start ed on it's downward pilgrimage, hunting by regular drops the bulb at the bottom of the tube.
 In an icy grasp Birmingham was caught and those who were not forced to be on the street sought the comfort of their flresides and around the roaring blazes told of the previous cold waves which had swept down on the city from the northwest.
The age-herald., 1901-12-16
AMNSeMoNAS
Ward and Vokes.

An engagement of alluring promise in laughter, music and sightliness is an- nounced for the Jefferson theater next Wednesday matinee and night, when Ward and vokes will bring their bran new cut-up, "The Head Walters" for the inspection of theater-goers in this city. As past engagements of this organization have gained the confidence of the public by entire fulfillment of all promises. it is only fair to heed the claims advanced by it's management that in the coming pro duction the first rise of the curtain will mean an outlay of nearly Sl5,0OO for scenic, wardrobe. electrical and musical embellishments. The stock in trade which Ward and Vokes have laid up for them selves by the thorough manner in which they stage all their efforts has yielded handsome returns and the coming of their new vehicle will be watched with interest. The services of fifty-five people will be employed in The Head Walters"
The age-herald., 1901-12-16
SUFFERING IS
 COMPARATIVELY LIGHT.

There seems to have been comparative ly little suffering from the cold as there was timely warning issued by the weather bureau and everyone had time to make some preparation. The police have had pratically no notices of suffering in Birmingham. and although there must have been some. it has not been reported.
 Last night the weather was colder at corresponding hours than it was night before last. At Il o'clock one of the street thermometers registered II degrees while Saturday night at the same hour the thermometer was only 20 degrees Later last night the mercury radually sought the bulb at the lower extremity and at o'clock it had reached the mark made Sunday morning-6.OS degrees above zero.
 A promise of warmer weather Tuesday is made by the big weather. man at Wash ngton but he also says that it will be as cold today as it was yesterday. The reason for expecting warmer weather Tuesday Is the area of high barometer, which causes the cold weather, gradually moves to the eastward and thereby looses country
The age-herald., 1901-12-16
FUNERAL OF SERGEANT.
Body of William s. Perkins Accompa-
 nied to Grave by Volunteers.

In honor of their brother-in-arms the Jefferson Volunteers yesterday afternoon attended the funeral of Sergeant William s. Perkins. who died in the Philippines while in the service of the United States. The funeral exercises were conducted from the residence of the father of the deceased and the interment was at Oak Hill cemetery.
 Sergeant Perkins was the son of Cap tain and Mrs. c. Perkins, and was "A years old. During the past three years he has been in the United States army, first as volunteer in the Third Alabama during the Florida campaign and then in the regular army.
 The pali-bearers were J. Cary Thomp- son, John c. Kimball. R. W. s. Brown. George Brown. Fred Bowron. James Johns L. F. Luckie and c. T. Thomas ton ef4a
The age-herald., 1901-12-16
THIRTY-FOUR ARRESTS
 HERE IN TWELVE HOURS

lfp as well as usual, the number would have probably gone four or five higher.
 Saturday and Saturday night were record breakers in the number of ar rests. but from midnight Saturday night until midnight last night, even that re- cord was broken. Thirty-seven were ar rested in the twenty-four hours
 Night Warden Mack Rittenberry said yesterday that he had never seen so many drunks brought in at one time as there were Saturday night. He had one or two to handle every hour, and as a rule they were not only drunk. but many of them were in a bad condition from the cold weather They would tank up to protect themselves from the cold and the very tanlxing would often come near proving fatal Only one. the negro mentioned in The Age-Herald yesterday, was really in danger of dying from the cold, and he came round all right after hours of work All the prisoners were allowed to gather around the stove Saturday night and last night, as it was too cold in most parts of the jail to keep them there without suffering.
The age-herald., 1901-12-16

mony With pig iron as to active demand and in unhappy harmony as to deliveries. The iron furnaces and coke ovens are doing their very best in all districts to ex- ecute their orders in the most satisfactory way possible, but, as stated in our mar ket report of last week. consumers will be obliged to exercise some patience.
 New York: It is usual to look for slack ening demand for iron as we draw near the close of the fiscal year, when most buyers take account of stock. There is also added cause for light demand for the season that buying has been going on for three months at a ratio far in excess of the capacity of furnaces. With very few exceptions the furnace order books are now filled until next spring and summer.
 But instead of less business, the week just closing has brought fresh acces- sion of inquiries. Some of the large melters have entered the market for i'm mediate or nearby deliveries It has been found very difficult to meet their require ments. for the third quarter of 1902.
 The decision of the ore association to adhere to last years price basis was an- ticipated by the trade, as it is in keeping with the policy that inspires not only the United States Steel Coproation, but nearly all other large interests. There is de- termined purpose to sit upon the market and prevent any wild fluctuations that would bring a headache afterwards It is known of course that while the United States Steel Corporation opposed any ad- vance in the price of ore, it is not seller of ore itself but a buyer.
 A further heavy reduction of stocks on furnace yards was anticipated, but in view of the troubles of furnaces in get ting car supply and the fact that stocks were already very low. it was hardly expected that the total would reach 42,- 900 tons
 Authoritative information comes of the sale of 10000 tons of German hematite or Bessemer pig for delivery in this coun- try. Its destination has not been traced moderate importation of foreign mate rials at this moment would serve the dou- ble purpose of supplying urgent needs on this side, and relieving German and English markets from unique pessinlsm of the American danger"
The age-herald., 1901-12-16
POULTRY, PIGEON AND
 PET STOCK SHOW
Will be Given from December 17 to 21-Prospects for Good
 Exhibition.

The seventh annual exhibition of the Alabama Poultry, Pigeon and Pet Stock Association will be held at Elks Hall, Fourth avenue and Twentieth street, De- cember r to 21. The exhibition will in- clude birds from Louisiana Mississippi. Georgia, Tennessee and Alabama.
 The stock show will be better and in larger numbers than ever exhibited in the past. Belgian hares pigeons and other pets will be in the exhibit.
 The hall in which the birds will be shown will be arranged comfortably. It will be open every night until 10 o'clock. Inquiries from fanciers throughout the entire South have been received and much interest in the show is being manifested.
 F. J. Marshall of College Park, Ga., will score the stock. He has the reputa- ton of being one of the most competent judges in the South.
The age-herald., 1901-12-16
Iron market Holds Up
 During the Holidays

Inquiries continue to overwhelm the iron kings of this district though the holidays are near at hand and the time for making annual statements in sight. Business is better than at any time in December dur ing the past three years and indications are that the coming months will be stun ing records breakers Every dealer is ex- pecting an advance in price of 50 cents per ton during the next three weeks.
 While few large orders are being placed for immediate shipment many are being booked for the future, some calling for re- moval as far as six months from January. The car question is effecting local ship ments but otherwise no one is complain ing.
 In their review of the week Rogers, Brown and Company write:
 Cincinnati: Tho conditions of last week as to demand and supply have been em- phasized through the week by an increas- ed demand and further curtailment of supply.
 Furnace stocks went off during Novem- Der over 4O,OOO tons leaving only about 240,0O0 tons of all grades and qualities on furnace yards unsod.
 Buyers feel that prices current are conservative and as there is no probabili- ty of lower figures for many months to come, 1t is wise to provide for chosen brands as far into the future as the au- tumn of 1902, some consumers having made contracts for castings covering all of next year are figuring for pig iron through the full twelve months and some orders for the whole year have been en- tered. This confidence seems to te found ed principally upon their own orders for manufactured products and the bright outlook for future business.
 Prices have been held steady by the largest producers heroically refusing to yield to the powerful temptation to avail themselves of the opportunity presented to secure temporarily extraordinary prof it's, and unless the buyers become excited and precipitate panicky condition them selves. a wild market will be avoided though it is not unreasonable to believe that prices on foundry and mill grades may appreciate still further.
 The coke trade continues in happy har-
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The age-herald., 1901-12-16
CIRCUS PREPARES
 FOR WINTER STAY
COLD WEATHER KEPT HARRIS SHOW FROM GIVING PERFORM ANcE AT STATE FAIR GROUNDS.

Harris, Niclxle Plate Circus is in town for the winter. It will have headquarters at tln Fai- Ground where tbe elephants ean.a:p era atifi animeis will dsf9tt themselves during the winter months mostly ir ldlG s.t1'f. .if
 that gan be bought in Birmingham.
 The show reached here early Sunday morning, but the rain and indictment weather drove the manager to make decision not to pitch the tents The tents, wagons and animals came on seven special sars, while the performers and managers occupied four other cars.
 When the decision not to show was ftre- ed on the manager the performers and attaches who were not engaged for the winter were paid their salaries and the aggregation disbanded The majority of the crew went North, though several will winter here. During tho day a number of the animals and horses were carried to the winter quarters and installed in the buildings on the grounds. But the ele- plants and camels were kept in their cars during the day.
 tidtll cl DtiOilShtB lO lhc ohON will be removed to the grounds today and the actual work of preparing comfortable quarters for the winters stay will begin. For a few days the manager and his family will reside in their cars, but after a short time they will come to one of the hotels of the city.
 Manager Wilson in talking of the work which he will have done during the win ter said: -.
 We will move out to the grounds to- morrow and will begin to make everything comfortable without delay. We have about eighty head of stock and a num- Der of animals. They will be placed in the buildings on the grounds and given all the care possible. We will have spe- cial arrangements for the elephants and other animals, and in warmer weather will allow visitors to inspect them.
 During the winter we will repaint all our cars, prepare our wagons and tents for the coming spring season in order that everything will be as new as possible when we go out We expect to be well settled within Q week, and at work in earnest. This season has been very suc- cessful and we will make every effort to duplicate 1t next year.
The age-herald., 1901-12-16
running MYRIADS OF CRYSTALS
 ON SHOW WINDOWS

One of the most noticeable freaks of yesterdays freeze was the effect on the windows in the big shops in the down. town district All the windows had lights burning in them at night and the heat from these lights caused watery cov- ering to form on the windows as if steam had been pumped against the glass. This substance formed in thous- ands of different shapes and made some beautiful and artistic effects. Oceans and oceans of water waves. miles and miles of moving wheat and hundreds and hundreds of fancy flowers were repre- sented in the effects made by the crys- tai formation covering the windows.
 The spectacle was commented upon by all the passers-by during the morning hours and even during the afternoon it had not entirely passed away, though the lights in the windows were extin- guished with the coming of dawn. No more artistic work was ever done by na- ture than these formations on the win dow panes.
The age-herald., 1901-12-16
FAKIRs LAYING LOW.
Police Will Make Rounds Again To-
 day to Take In StraggIers.

Fakirs and beggars are laying very low in Birmingham for the present. Whether it is the chiefs order that Is doing 1t or the fact that the weather is so bitterly cold is a matter of conjecture. but 1t is nevertheless true that they are making themselves scarce. Many are known to have left town and still others are mak- ing preparations for an early start today. It will be made interesting for any of them who show up on the streets today. as the chief will again make the rounds with the patrol wagon.
 No more faixirs have troubled him since the visit of the unlucky seven Saturday, and they seem to have become convinced that he is not joking about their leaving town.
The age-herald., 1901-12-16
SPECIAL SONGS RENDERED.
St. Paups Will Have New Mass by
 LeieaI for Christmas.

A special programme was rendered at St. Pauis Catholic church yesterday at Il o'clock services by 'the choir under direction of Professor Guckenberger. A chorus of thirty voices assisted in the renditions.
 Gounods Messolene was sang by trio of Mrs. Chandler. Mr. Charles Houppert and MT. Charles J. Herbert. MT. Lyman wheeler sang a solo and Mrs. Benjamin Guckenberger sang for the offertory Salve Regina in B fiat by Marzo.
 For the Christmas services special musical programme will be arranged. A chorus of fifty voices will assist in the songs. For the first time here the sixth mass by A. Lejeal will be sung.