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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-13
Bishop Conaty's Address to Students.

Bishop Conaty, chancellor of the Catho-
lie University of America, delivered the ad-
dress to the graduates of the Catholic High
School of Philadelphia at the exercises of
that school held yesterday morning. The
tenor of his address was that there was not
so much need for men physically success
ful, but rather for men of strong chara cter
men of self-reliance, who believe in God
and who are not afraid to acknowledge
their belief; men who dare to do right and
dare not to do the wrong.
In concluding his address he expressed the
earnest wish that the graduates would be
sincere and virtuous men, true to the pr,n-
ciples of their alma mater and to the motto
Of the institution, Faith and Science
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-13
MONS DE PLUME.
Why Writers Adopt Them-Authors'
Real Names.
From London Tit Bits.

From London Tit Bits.
There is such tantalizing suggestion OF
mystery in many Of the pen names which
are so familiar to us that one cannot resist
wondering how and why they were assum-
ed; and the story Of their genesis ought
to be interesting. -
Why. for example, should the late Charles
Kingsley's talented daughter choose to be
known as Lucas Malet? According to her
own confession, her modesty was the mo-
tive which induced her to conceal her iden-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-13
Solicitors Views,

The city solicitor has expressed the opin-
ion to the District Commissioners that the
old vault located in Florida avenue near
the Brentwood road ard Gallaudet College
lis not known and used as q private burial
ground"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-13
Silk Combine in Japan.

From the Hartford Times.
: The amalga nation of the six principal
silk-spinning companies Of Japan, which
has been in negotiation in Kioto for some
time past. is reported to have been signed
by all parties but one. The aggregate cap
ital will be s. $40 600.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-13
Ocean View From Wide verandas.

All visitors to Atlantic City are familiar
with the Hobart, located at the ocean end
Of Virginia avenue. 1t has all the comforts
Of a home, Is open all the year and its wide
verandas looking out into the ocean are
especially attractive now.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-13
Comparison.

From the Chicago News.
She-"Was Nellie prompt in accepting his
proposal?"
He-"Well, understand there wasn't any
government contract business about H.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-13

Two hundred and seventy-three crema-
tions were performed at Working, England,
last year, as against 301 in 1900.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-13

Six tons of gunpowder fired at Bonawe
quarries, Argyilshire recently, brought
down 10000 tons of rock.
The age-herald., 1902-01-04
LEE COUNTY WOULD
 GIVE PORTER UP
sHERIFF HODGE DOES NOT CARE ABOUT TRYING HIM IF RUSSELL HAS THE RIGHT TO CLAIM THE PRISONER.

Opelika, January 3.-(SpeclaD-The re- ported controversy between the sherir of this and Russell county about the pos session of Uriah Porter the man who killed Joseph Fincher, week or more ago Is not well founded. The sheriff of Russell county came here for him, but Sheriff Hodge had arrested Porter under a warrant charging him with having com mitted the offense within 400 feet Of the Lee county line and until he found out that he ought to, did not propose to turn him over to any one.
 As the matter of the jurisdiction was being looked into, 1t was agreed that Sheriff Hodge should hold him until it was definitely decided where he should be tried It will cost the county that tries him hundreds of dollars without any possible gain, and Lee county is not anx- ious to bear the expense.
 Sheriff Hodge says he is perfectly will ing to give up the prisoner when it Is shown he should do so.
 Hon. H. M Wilson clerk of the Circuit Court and register in chancery today bought a one-half interest in the Opelika Industrial News one of the leading week. ly papers of the state. MT. Wilson own ed the news for many years and gained a prominent place in Alabama Journalism, being at one time managing editor of the Birmingham State-Herald. The new firm will be Wilson and Wear.
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TUSCALOOSA
Inmates of the Insane Asylum Have
 New Year Entertainment.

Tuscaloosa, January 3.-(Special.) .)-The inmates of the Bryce Insane Hospital were given New Year entertainment last evening. The tables were laid for 300. There was an abundance of all kinds of meats, fruit, nuts and cake, which the poor unfortunates enjoyed immensely After dinner the tables were cleared, music started. and those who cared to joined in square dancing. The superin- tendent, Dr. J. T. Searcy, was congratu- lated on his successful entertainment, He has 1700 souls under his care.
 MT. Woolsey Finell leaves today for Linden, to look after some grading he is doing for the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. Mr. Finell will return shortly to begin the survey of the Florence and West Alabama.
 Messrs. Meyer & Walker, the new man. agers of the Academy of Music, present. ed "Quo Vadis" as the first attraction. large furnace is being put in the house, which will render the building perfectly comfortable. In speaking to the managers yesterday it was learned that the interior of the building would be kalsomined.
 MT. N. G. Holly of Fosters has pur- chased a residence and business inter- est in Northport, and will move his fami- ly there at once.
 The friends of Miss Lailah Alverson, the elocution teacher at the Alabama Cen tral Female College, will regret to learn that she Is detained at her home at Coal City on account of illness.
 Rev and Mrs. l.. O. Dawson will enter tain this evening in honor of the teach CTS of the Alabama Central Female Col lege.
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of catarrh whether in the head, throat bronchial tubes, or In stomach and liver. The remedy Is in tablet form, pleasant and convenient to take and no special secrecy is maintained as to what it can- tains, the tablet being scientific com bination of Blood root. Red gum and sim- liar valuable and harmless antiseptics. The safe and effective catarrh cure may be found at any drug store under the name of Stuart's Catarrh Tablets. Whether the catarrh Is located in the nose, throat, bronchial tubes or stomach, the tablets seem to act with equal suc- cess, removing the stuffy feeling in head and nose, clearing the mucous membrane of throat and trachea from catarrhal secretions, which cause the tickling. coughing, hawking and gagging so annoy ing to every catarrh sufferer.
 Nasal catarrh generally leads to ul- ceration, in some cases to such an ex- tent as to destroy the nose entirely and in many old cases of catarrh the bones of the head become diseased. Nasal
 catarrh gradually extends to the throat
 and bronchial tubes and very often to the stomach, causing that very obstinate trouble, catarrh of the stomach
 Catarrh is a systemic poison, inherent in the blood, and local washes, douches, salves, inhalers and sprays can have no effect on the real cause of the disease. An internal remedy which acts upon the blood is the only rational treatment and Stuart's Catarrh Tablets Is the safest of all internal remedies. as we'll as the most convenient and satisfactory from a med ical standpoint.
 Dr. Eaton recently stated that he had successfully used Stuart's Catarrh Tab let's in old chronic cases, even where ul- ceration had extended so far as to de- stroy the septum of the nose. He says. q am pleasantly surprised almost every day by the excellent results from Stu arts Catarrh Tablets. It is remarka- ble how effectually they remove the ex- cessiye secretion and bring about a healthy condition of the mucous mem branes of the nose, throat and stomach" !" All druggists sell complete treatment of the Tablets at 50 cents and a little book giving the symptoms and causes of the various forms of catarrh. will be mailed free by addressing ?. A Stuart Co.,, Marshall. Mich
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PRATT CITY

Pratt City, January 3.-(Special. .)-At business meeting of the Christian En- deavor Society of the Presbyterian Church last night the following officers and committees were elected:
 President-T B. Boring
 Vice President-W. c. Beatty.
 Recording Secretary-Miss Katie Bell.
 Corresponding Secretary T. P. Will Hams.
 Treasurer-J. T. Bell, Jr.
 Prayer Meeting Committee-W. S. Nor row, Samuel Brown. Richard Moreland, w. T. Johnson. w. c. Beatty.
 Lookout Committee Misses Mamie Morrow, Jeanie Dunlap Mary F'indley, Messrs. Job Going and W. c. Muir.
 Social Committee-Misses Mary Hughes and Sarah Findley, Mrs. T. B. Boring, J. T. Bell. Jr.. Tom Williams.
 The general committees and all sub committees of the Woodmen of the World met tonight for the purpose of making final arrangements for the public install lation and supper to be given by the Woodmen on Monday night at the city hall An excellent programme has been arranged for the evening and the Wood men are expecting a great time.
 Rev. Frank Marston went to Bessemer today to assist the Rev. MT. Craig of the Presbyterian Church of that place in the services preparatory to the administra- tion of the sacrament of the Lords Sup per on Sunday.
 Miss H. Green of Birmingham visited relatives in Pratt City today.
 Miss Jessie Dyer of Birmingham was the guest of her sister, Mrs. T. S. Aber- nathy, today.
 The Womans Club held it's regular meeting this afternoon with Mrs. T. B. Boring.
 A party consisting of three or four couples was pleasantly entertained at the home of Mrs. L. S. Jones In Birmingham this evening.
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MERIDIAN, MISS.


 Meridian, Miss January 3.-Special.)- 8. The fire which broke out in the fertilizer department of the Mississippi Cotton oil Company last night was quite destruc- tive, destroying nearly s4OOOO worth of property The insurance will fully cover the loss.
 The Meridian Lodge of Elks held an in- teresting session to look into the mat ter of holding a street fair It was de- cided to hold fair during the week of January 27. provided the citizens and bus mess men generally will give them their aid in the matter. Committees were ap- pointed for the purpose of looking into the matter at once and another meeting will be held tonight.
 The officers of the Meridian Chapter R. A. M. and William s. Patton Council were installed last night. A large number of the members were present
 The receipts of the city fell off s11, 900 during the month of December, as com pared with the same month of last year. However, a large amount of revenue will come in during the present month.
The age-herald., 1902-01-04
WANT NEW IRON BEDS.
Big Firms in North of England Are
 Becoming Anxious.

New York. January 3.-Some big firms in the North of England, in order to meet the threatened invasion of the coun- try by American iron and steel goods. have been lately devoting time, trouble and money to the search for new beds of high quality of iron ore. near the already existing collieries, says dis patch to the Tribune from London.
 The northern countries are full of coal, but up to the present time many of the largest iron works have had to depend largely on Spanish and other extraneous supplies of iron ore. That will. however no longer be the case should the discov- cries reported in Cumberland and else- where prove authentic. Vast beds of ex- cellent hemitite are said to have already been tapped in more than one locality and the quick success of these tentative efforts. are expected to stimulate the search further.
The age-herald., 1902-01-04
A STRONG LETTER TO DR HALL.
stevenaon. Ala. Inne 6. 19Ol

Stevenson, Ala, June 6, 1901. Dear Sir: I have been a great sufferer from bladder trouble for two years and my case was of a very serious nature compelling me to have several painful and dangerous operations. I have also taken many different remedies; I taken Swamp Root three years, Warmers q Safe cure two years, and they only gave temporary relief.
 After having two operations and pre- pairing for the third. I saw your Texas Wonder advertised. and purchased bot tie. And I got almost immediate relief. and have continued to improve every since.
 My doctors said my bladdeR had grow ed together in three places, and l was suffering almost death. No man living can say more than I can say for your Texas Wonder and I call 1t worlds wonder, and I hope all who suffers will give trial.
 Wishing you success, I am yours truly.
 W. C. DANIEL. Sold by nll druggists. P. o. Box s2s St. Louis, Mo.
The age-herald., 1902-01-04
ENSLEY

Ensley. January -(SpeciaD-Master Ed Brazleton. who accidentally shot himself Wednesday night, Is improving.
 Miss Emmett Mcclure returned to her home in Tuscaloosa yesterday after a visit to the Misses Sawyer.
 The employees of MT. Joseph Martin presented him with a gold watch and chain for Christmas.
 Camp, chief. with on I. o. O. F. ring.
 MT. Holland McTyene Smith, quite a deserving young man who is attending school at Tuscaloosa, visited his uncles, Drs. Holland and Will McTyene, today.
 Rev. J. J. D. Hall will hold services at St. Johns Episcopal Church Tuesday night at o'clock and Rev. J. G. Mur- ray of Birmingham will deliver ser- mon Sunday night at 7:30.
 w. T. Terry has bought the stock of goods of the Barnhard and Simmons tai loring establishment.
 The city market is now open and every stall is occupied.
 Miss Bessie Spencer. teacher in the public schools, went to Bessemer today to visit relatives.
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is a strong sentim ent in favor of muni- cipal ownership.
 City officers are busy preparing their annual reports to be handed in at the first meeting of the council this year which will be held next Tuesday night.
 double shift will be put on at the big pipe works beginning Monday.
 MT. P. T. Whilan left last night for Louisville where he was called by the ill., ness of Mrs. Whilan.
 Dr. J. c. Berry returned today from South Carolina where he had been call ed several weeks since by the illness of a sister.
 Captain John Handy was able to be out today for the first time after a serious illness.
 Miss Matte Briggs has gone to Helena on a visit to her aunt, Mrs Charles F. DeBardeleben.
 Mrs. T. H. Wright has been quite sick for several days.
The age-herald., 1902-01-04
DADEVILLE

Dadeville, January 2.-(Special.) )-Mrs J. H. Lovejoy of Gadsden is visiting rela- lives in the city.
 Mrs. Ada V. Byars of Ashville. Ala, is visiting relatives in Dadeville.
 MT. Dan Farmer of Birmingham spent the Christmas holidays In Dadeville.
 Hon. J. S. Handley of Tuscaloosa is in the city on business.
 MT. c. C.. Collier of Birmingham, for many years with the May & Thomas Hardware Company, has purchased an interest in the hardware firm of Stone & Johnston and the business will continue under the name of the Dadeville Hard ware Company. with largely increased capital and facilities.
 The new court house has been conn pleted and turned over to the county. This building is one of the finest in East Alabama.
The age-herald., 1902-01-04
BESSEMER.
City Will Probably Purchase the
 Water Works Property.

Bessemer, January 3.-(SpeciaD-It seems probable from present prospects that the city will purchase the water works. Bessemer is surrounded by plenty of sources of good pure water but the plant to be adequate to supplying the city needs improvement. The present owners do not care to put any more money into 1t and as this will be necessary, the plant will without doubt be sold There
The age-herald., 1902-01-04

Floyds mill are gone. as are the hand some new bridges at Meadows mill and Beans. The piers are in many cases washed away.
 Farming lands are badly washed. and it Is thought the total damage in this county will reach $50O0. The loss falls heavily on Lee county which has an lm- mense debt already and cannot afford the expense of new bridges or much work on the ones swept away by the flood.
The age-herald., 1902-01-04
Baron Kills Himself.

London, January 3.-A verdict of sui- eide during temporary insanity was re- turned by a coroner's jury this morning in the case of Baron Charles Cauldre- boilleau who was found shot in a rail- way carriage at Loughborough Junction Sunday. Richard Horne, lawyer. testi- fled that the deceased was French baron and the son of a former French consul general in Canada. The deceased. the witness added, married a daughter of Senator Benton of the United States. The baron had been depressed on account of business matters. He lived in Ireland, where he had large estate.
The age-herald., 1902-01-04
LEE COUNTY SUFFERS.
Loss From Bridges Washing Away
 Will Amount to $1o,ooo.

Opelika, January B. 3.-(SpeciaD-The dam age to the new steel bridges in this, Lee county will exceed s1o,0o0 according to the estimate of Judge K. M Renfro who is the best authority in the county on the matter. This amount does not include the numerous small bridges erected by indi- viduals for their own convenience. All the bridges on Halawalka creek below
The age-herald., 1902-01-04
COLONEL AYERS DEAD. One of the Few Who Witnessed the Hanging of John Brown.

Washington, January s.-Col. E. w. Ayers. at one time Washington core spondent of the Kansas City Times. dropped dead in the Citizens National Bank here today. Colonel Ayers was born in Lynchburg, Va, in 1887, and served with distinction in the Confederate army. He belonged to the famous Richmond Blues, and was a member of the com pany that officiated at the hanging of John Brown
The age-herald., 1902-01-04
Will Do Better.

And in my view Birmingham has not course of construction or projected will be likely to do much to demonstrate how much better the district may do than any thing it has yet achieved. It is a great point in its favor that it is nearer to tide water than any other important iron making center of the United States, and l saw and heard enough to convince me that it's railway service is ready to help to build up large export trade if Ala bama can otherwise rise to the level of its great chances. One thing, however, must be dealt with promptly and firmly.
 Were it not that the history of the three years ended 1901 gives countenance to the belief that the world can hardly have too much of a good thing in the form of iron, I should have felt little uneasy as to the wonderful developments that were going on in every place I vis- tied during my recent visit to the United States No other country except Russia is attempting similar progress. which will not be likely to represent more than CO., 900 or 100000 tons of pig iron annually.
 Will Increase Output.
 "But the schemes with which I became acquainted during my stay In the states, provided, I should think, for an increased output of more than two million tons of pig iron, having regard, of course to the preater productive capacity of the Amer ican furnaces. In Great Britain, France and Germany very little increase of pig iron output Is in prospect The new fur naces that are being provided in Austria, Hunbary, Italy and other countries are hardly likely to have any very sensible effect on the vastly increased supply which the world must call for within a few years at the most
 Hence I am not pessimistic about the future demand for American iron. nor think that of any other country which may succeed in producing the metal at a sufficiently low price. To a large extent am in agreement with my friend, Mir Edward Atkinson, when he declares that there is more likelihood, in the long run, of a famine than of & plethora of iron. If, then, American capitalists and manu- lecturers are satisfied that they are able to produce iron cheaper than 1t can be produced in other countries, they need not be afraid of excess of production over term of years, although that remark does not of course, imply that either they or any other community can enjoy exemption from the ups and downs to which all communities are periodically liable."
The age-herald., 1902-01-04

Ten per cent saved on your Gas and Electric bills if paid before the 10th inst. B'GHAM By. It. & F. CO,
 21O4 First Avenue.
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Only . limited numner of maps left. Subscribers should avail themselves of thIs opportunity to secure house
 hold, office and school room necessity.
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Collector Francis Balances His Books for Month of
 December.
TOTAL TAKEN IN $319,00O
Amount of Collections for December, 1900, Was $279, ,0o0-Less Than $5 Found On Wrong Side
 After the Rush.

The increase in tax receipts in Decem- Der as compared with December 1900 amounts to about s40,0O0. Tax Collector J. B. Francis yesterday balanced his books for December. showing the total receipts for the month to be about $S1s,- GOO. The total receipts for December 1900 were $279.
 The State tax is divided as follows for
The age-herald., 1902-01-04
BIRMINGHAM IRON
 FIELDS ARE BEST F. s. Jean, English Expert, Says District Leads World. FUTURE WILL BE BRIGHT Only District Known Where Iron Ore, Coal and Furnaces Are Within
 a Stones Throw of
 Each Other.
FUTURE WILL BE BRIGHT

Baltimore, January 3.-(SpeciaD-Mr. J. Stephen Jean, secretary of the British Iron Trade Association. and one of the most eminent iron authorities in the world has furnished the Manufacturers record with an interview on the coal and iron fields of Alabama. In this interview the Birmingham district is characterized as the very best in the world and offering to the investor more opportunities than any within the knowledge of man. He was in the district a few months ago, and his estimate Is considered one of the most careful ever made, at the same time very optomistic.
 The interview is as follows:
 'If I were asked to specify the district which in my opinion, offered the most advantageous terms and conditions to the capitalist who was looking less to the immediate than Co the proximate fu- ture I should feel inclined to name the district of Birmingham. Ala. Many of my American friends are aware that l have been there within the last three months. I then had the opportunity of examining and estimating the resources of the dis trict from an iron-making point of view. I know of nothing to excel and hardly anything to equal them. In the Cleveland (England) district the ores are, as at Birmingham, generally close to or with in ten miles of the blast furnaces, and the coal is within twenty-five miles, while limestone is not more than thirty miles off. But in Cleveland the ore rarely ex- ceeds 30 per cent of iron, and in all but one or two cases it has to be mined from considerable depth. In the case of Ala bama, l saw the ore brought out by drifts from a very considerable depth, and I saw coal dealt with in the same manner. In no other district with which I am fami- liar can one stand at a given point and see blast furnaces, coal mines and iron ore mines-or rather their evidences in the form of equipment-at practically the same moment.
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Does Not Disappoint.
The New Discovery for Catarrh Seems to Possess Remark
 able Merit.

A new catarrh cure has recently ap- peared which so far as tested has been remarkably successful in curing all forms
The age-herald., 1902-01-04
PULLMAN SLEEPER
Birmingham to Mobile Via the South.
 ern Railway.

rfective November 13 the Southern Pathway will shorten the Mobile-C Chatta- nooga sleeping car line and will operate same Birmingham to Mobile and re- turn. Sleeper will be placed at union depot at p. m., and parties can occupy same after that hour.
 c. E. JACKSON, Travelling Passenger Agent, Birmingham, Ala I-14-tf
The age-herald., 1902-01-04

Account of South Carolina Interstate and West Indian Exposition. Charleston s. C., December 1. 1901. to June 1, 19O2 the Alabama Great Southern Railroad will sell tickets at greatly reduced rates from points on this line to Charleston and return.
 For other information call on or address A. B, Freeman, travelling passenger agent, Birmingham. Ala. u-29-tf
The age-herald., 1902-01-04

Gas is clean, healthy and economical-try a gas stove.
The age-herald., 1902-01-04

Ensley. January 3-(SpeciaD-Mas Ed Brazleton, who accidentally shot himself Wednesday night, Is improving.