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The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-07
PERSONAL
J. P. McCuren of the Queen and Cres. cent is at the Hillman.

J. P. McCuren of the Queen and Cres- cent is at the Hillman.
 Mir. and Mrs. William Shaw left yes- terday for d two-weeks' visit to New York via Savannah and the Ocean Steam ship company
 Florence Hotel Arrivals-J. T. Wiley, Atlanta; c. B. T. Lamas Chattanooga. |. J. c. Kelly, Philadelphia; H. B. Hardy, New York; J. B. Brown and wife, Mont gomery; w. T. Nix, Montgomery; A. F. Tandegriff, Tuscaloosa; E. A Luther and fife. Bessemer; H. c. Tuckman, Wash. lngton; T. Drummond New London; c. M. Watson. Florence ". D. Howard. Memphis; Mrs. w. E. Ridgeway, Flor ence; R. S. Claggett, Greenville. Miss. 1; l.. A. Sealy, Auburn; H. l.. Jordan, At lanta; H. B. Mabson, Montgomery; c. H. Moorman. Meridian, Miss; A. S. Kirtlaw, Knoxville; s. H. Dillard, Lynchburg, Va; i; T. H, Jones, Union Spring; H. A. Wetson, Lomax; J. G. Henry. Springfield; J. D. Chaton. Meridian; T. W. White, Chat tanooga; G. D. Ho6l;e, San Francisco; J. w. Wells, Maury Mabb, Atlanta; G. w. Porter, Louisville; o. L. Johnson. Marion; A. B. Little, Atlanta.
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Stationery Contract Let.

Montgomery October 6.-(Special)-The state stationary contract was let today, the successful bidders being Marshall Bros. & Co. of Nashville. The next lowest was Walker, Evans & Cogswell of Charleston. Roberts & Son of Birming- ham were about $500 to high. The sue cessful bid calls for $252596. The other bidders were w. w. Haygood of Mont gomery and the brandon Printing com pany of Nashville. Capt. J. W. Fall was here representing Roberts & Son in the making of the bids.
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Horticultural Men Meet.

Atlanta, Ga, October 6.-The Asso- citation of Horticultural Inspectors of the United States and Canada, a branch of the Association of American Colleges and Experiment Stations, which will be in convention tomorrow. met in this city tonight. Tonight's session was devoted to routine busi- ness. The association will urge that a uniformity of laws be provided in every state of the union and in Canada that will protect trees shipped to orchards from nurseries from the San Jose scale and other diseases.
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New Factory at Rrewton.

Montgomery, October 6.-(Special)-The Cedar Creek Mill company. at Brewton. has added a sash, door and blind fac- tory to its saw mill and shingle mill. Until within the very recent past the lumber regions of south Alabama have been dependent on factories as far away as Birmingham and Atlanta for sash, doors and blinds, and the putting in of a plant in the heart of the mill section is a development of some importance.
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5000 to BarnweIl Fund.

Montgomery. October 6.-(special')-coi- lections were taken up in the Episcopal churches of Alabama on Sunday for the memorial home for the family of the late Bishop Barnwell. The collection at St Johns in this city perhaps the largest and wealthiest parish in the state brought in over two hundred dollars. The nurpose is to raise as much as four thousand dollars, which will buy home in Selma with all the modern comforts and conVeniences.
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Case From TaIIapoosa.

Montgomery. October 6-(Special)- Following the lines of the supreme court decision in the Florence dispensary case, the circuit court of Tallapoosa county has declared the dispenssry act for Camp Hill to be unconstitutional. The case came up in the shape of an application from a Dadeville saloon keeper named T. l.. Clark to require the probate judge to issue him license for saloon at Camp Hill. The Camp Hill act was modelled on the Florence act.
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NEW COURT HOUSE WANTED.
Committee Concludes Present Struct- ure In Tuscaloosa as Unsuitable.

Tuscaloosa, October 6-(Special)- some time the question of building a new court house has been agitated here. The present structure was probably erected about 1920 or 1880. and is one of the oldest In Tuscaloosa. It was first used as a store and afterwards as a Masonic hall and was, in 1s45, sold to the county for s4OOO. The original building contained two stories, but the third was added by the county.
 A committee was recently appointed to inspect the building, and they advise that it be abandoned at the earliest possible convenience, as 1t is not suitable for the needs of the different courts and county officials, that the offices are too small and that the building is not safe. The brick work shows that the building has become rotten from age and that there Is danger of its falling when over-crowd- ed
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CHARGED WITH ROBBERY.
Negro Is Arrested After a Struggle
 With Policemen.

Presley Watford, a negro, was arrested last night at o'clock. near the circus grounds, on a charge of highway robbery He resisted arrest and tried to escape from the officers, when one of the police men shot him in the leg. He was locked up at police headquarters.
 A report was sent to the police station that three negroes were holding up people in the vicinity of the circus grounds and three policemen were sent to the scene. Watford was pointed out as being one of the trio. The other two negroes could not be found.
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the miners union and should be of but short duration.
 The trouble arose in this way: Some of the miners were willing to pay dol- lar apiece a week for the support of the striking anthracite miners and some were not. The men who were willing to pay the money were in majority and they made a demand upon the officers of the company that the men who would not pay up to the union should either have the money taken out of their wages or be discharged. The company declines to do this and the strike is on.''
 The quarterly dividend of 3 per cent upon the preferred stock was voted.
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WORKMAN FALLS ON MANS
 HEAD BREAKING HIS BACK

c. c. Mattison, while engaged at work on the roof of a building between Ave- nues H and I, on Thirteenth street. yes- terday morning, slipped and fell from the caves, a distance of thirty feet, striking squarely on the head of w. J. Raper, who was working on the same building.
 Both men were hurt, Raper probably la
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George Davis.

George Davis, aged 65 years. died yes- terday afternoon at the residence of his brother-in-law, Louis Saks, at 220 High land avenue. The remains will be sent this morning at o'clock to Baltimore. where the funeral will take place Thurs day morning.
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tally, as his back was broken.
 The two men were taken to St. Vim cents hospital and received medical at- tention.
 Raper lives at Ensley, and will be ta- ken to his home this morning. Madison is not seriously injured. The latter lives at No. 1912 Nineteenth street.
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COMMITS DOUBLE CRIME.
Man Shoots HIs Wife and Then Com
 mlts Suicide.

Richmond, Va, October 6.-Eli Basket. at his home in Atlet Hanover county, today shot and killed his wife and then ended his own life. The double crime was due to temporary insanity.
 After killing his wife, Baskett fired four shots from his revolver Into her body. He then went into the yard of his house and killed himself with a shotgun.
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nkaty Flyer Wrecked.

Waggoner, I. T., October 6-The northbound Katy flyer" was wrecked here at 5.30 o'clock tonight. Engineer Hotchkiss and Fireman Wetherby were seriously if not fatally hurt and Mrs. Margarite Sunday of Colagh, I, IT.. seriously injured. The engine, mail, express and baggage cars were completely wrecked. The train was entering the Waggoner yards at high rate of speed, when the engine jumped the track and was overturned.
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MONTGOMERY TRADEsMEN. Central Council Holds Meeting and
 Elects Officers.

Montgomery. October e.-(special)-T Central Trades council has elected the following officers; President, J. T. Neal of the carpenters; vice-president Ed Ma honey of the stage employees; secretary treasurer, W. T. Perry of the plumbers; warden, J. T. Musselwhite of the carpen- ters; sergeant-at-arms, P. R. Wade of the candymakers; trustees, Ed Mahoney, B. A. Blakeley and c. l.. Carrigan.
 The council has endorsed M. l.. Tucker for the especial work needed In this ter ritory In the way of pushing organiza- ton, and asked MT. Gompers to assign him to the position.
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pr. Eugene Reilly.

Dr. Eugene Reilly of Bessemer died yesterday morning at St. Vincent's hos pital of pneumonia. He was brought from Bessemer Monday night and car ried to the hospital but died a short time afterwards.
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CHEAPEST RATES
On Record to New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore via Steamer From Savannah.

The Central of Georgia railway will sell tickets from Birmingham to New York for steamers sailing from Savannah October 8. and at $3o.10 for the round trip. To Philadelphia for steamers sail ing October 1, and at $25.80 for the round trip. To Baltimore for steamers sailing October 2. 4 and ' at s21.S0 for the round trip. Meals and berth aboard steamer included in the above rates. Final limit of all tickets. October IS.
 For particulars, call on or write Solon Jacobs, Commercial agent 1921 First ave ,,,a 9-28-tf
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John H, Meyers,

John H. Meyers aged sS years. died yesterday morning at S25 North Twenty first street. The funeral services will ] conducted from the residence this morn ing at 10 o'clock and the interment will be in Oak Hill cemetery. The deceased was from Mobile.
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Martha steadman.

Martha Steadman, aged Il months, the daughter of MT. and Mrs. Henry s. Stead man. died yesterday at 31S1s Twentieth street The funeral services will be con ducted this morning from the house, and the interment will be in the Shades Val ley cemetery.
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TO THE BUSINESS MEN.

We, beg to say that foreign concern claiming that they will publish a direc- tory of Birmingham for 1903 have no connection whatever with the Maloney Directory. Our directory will be out promptly. as promised, and our canvass for the names Is now being made.
 THOMAS J. MALONEY. Manager.
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v,nsIov,s soothIno syrup.

tho hest remedy for DIARRHOEA- Sold hv druggists in every part of the world. Rs sure and ask for Mrs. Wlnslow's Soothing Syru.," md take no other kind. Has been used for over FIFTY YEARS by MILLIONS of MOTHERS fir their CHILDREN WHILE TEErHING. with PERFECT SUCCESS. It SOL dS the CHILD SOtDTENS the GUMS. ALLAYa alI PAIN, CURES WIND COLIC. and is Tventy-five cents a bottle
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FOR SALE AT AUCTION.

Saw mill and blaming mill, formerly operated by Hawkins Lumber company, cn the grounds, Powell avenue and Eighteenth street. on October IS, 1902 F o'clock. Splendid chance for good mill man. 10-7-7t
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Doctor Dragged to Death.

Guthrie, Okla, October 6.-Dr. W. H. Dunn of Mangum, one of the most prominent physicians and cattlemen of southwestern Oklahoma, has been dragged to death by being thrown from his carriage, the lines catching around his feet. He was born in Ohio.
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Commission Issued.

Montgomery. October 6,-(Special)- Commissions were Issued from the adju- tant generals office today to Capt. E. B Joseph, First Lieut.. J. H. Taylor. Second Lieut.. s. J. Payne of the Montgomery Greys.
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|. B. HIll.

L. B. Hili aged 67 years. died yester- day at Gate City. The funeral services will be conducted this afternoon at the residence and the interment will be in Shades Valley.
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Death of a Child.

Almon Jackson. eight months old, died yesterday at Newcastle. The funeral ser vices will be conducted from the residence this morning, and the interment will bs in the Walker Chapel cemetery.
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FOR SALE.

An elegant home, up-to- date, close in, beautiful location, house in splendid condition and of the very best archl- tectural design. No. 22l4 7th Aue~-.~ North.
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DEATHSAND FUNERALS
j. L.. WaIthaI.

J. L. Walthal, aged 59 years, died yes terday at First avenue and Twenty fourth street. The remains were carried to Taylor & Co.'S establishment to be held until the arrival of relatives They will then be shipped to Vincent. Ala
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Marriage Llcenses.-Marriage licenses were issued yesterday to Lu- ther A. Wakefield and Lucy Kate Pow CTS, Robert L. Davenport and Bertha Palmer, Alvin Thompson and Alice Green.
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pIles Cured Without the Knife.

Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles. Your druggist will refund your money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure you. 50 cents 6-3-tf-tu
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Negro Women Fight.-Annie Rober- son and Lula Wells, colored, were ar rested last night about ' o'clock on charges of assault with a weapon on another negro woman, Rosa Stone. The Stone woman was arrested on charge of fighting. The women be- came involved in difficulty and Rosa Stone was cut with a knife on the right hand.
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Revenue ColIectlons.-The collec- tions of internal revenue in the state of Alabama for the first quarter of the present fiscal year, which ended on the last day of last month, amount to S105, ,847.19. The total collections for last year amounted to $426,836.47. It is thought that this sum will this year be exceeded by $60,000 or $70,oO0.
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Club Meets.-The Jefferson club will meet tomorrow night at Yeatman- Dickson's store on Twentieth street. Very important business is to be transacted.
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Encanpnent of the {, A. R.
 Begins in Washington
SECRETARY HAY APPLAUDED
Head of the State Department, secre- tary Moody, General Torrance
 and Others Help to Spread
 Enthusiasm Among Veterans.

Washington, October 6.-The ceremonies incident to the beginning of the thirty sixth encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, which commenced here to- day. were varied in character and mostly only semi-offcial. The only formal pro- ceedings of the day was the dedication of Camp Roosevelt. the tented city on the White House grounds which will be the headquarters of the several corps organizations during the week. The cere- monies there consisted of a large num- Der of addresses by men of national rep utation, the chief speech being delivered by Secretary Hay. For the rest the old soldiers busied themselves largely in renewing the aequaintanees of forty years ago.
 Of this welcome they found generous evidence on every hand. The events of the day outside the dedication ceremon- les at Camp Roosevelt included a fine re- gatta on the Potomac. an attractive au- tomobile parade, an interesting process sion by the Dedmen of this city and neighboring cities and camp fires in the evening.
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Rr r7HEN you are ready to buy, stop and com KkK pue the cost of the soap used by your ESNAEJ household in day, week or a month, EySaQy and for the slight difference in price you will never forego the pleasure of using the purest soap made, that is, Ivory Soap
 It is the most inexpensive of pure soaps. You need no knowledge of chemistry to realize this purity, use it and you will know. It floats.
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ALL MINERS OF THE TENNESSEE
 COMPANY ARE NOW ON STRIKE

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CITY ITEMS.

Petitions In Rankruptcy.-Petitions in bankruptcy were filed yesterday by the following: Ennis Smith, Arwarth McClenman, Robert Howard and Rafe Malorey.
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Matinee, Bijou today. 2:3o

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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-07-17
OTTO'S

It's strange how fashion makes us change
the objects we admire;
We used to sing the ~tireless steed, but
now the steedless tire.
80 Otto bought In auto, so as not to be
antique,
But the thing was a~utocratic,
As well as automatic,
And the auto wouldn't auto as 1t ought
to, so to speak.
He thought to get an auto operator for
the work,
And first he tried a circus man and then
he tried a Turk.
For he knew the circus man drove fifty
horses with success.
And If a man be shifty
Enough to manage fifty,
It's palpable enough he ought to man.
age one horse less.
AS for the Turk, tits also plain, deny it
He ought to run an auto, since a Turks
an Ottoman.
Twas all no use, so Otto moved to
Alabama purely,
That he might say: Tn Otto,
From Mobile, and my motto,
"A Mobile Otto ought to run an auto
mobile surely"
Then Otto sought to auto on the auto as
he ought to,
But the auto sought to auto as Otto never
thought to.
So Otto he got hot, o, very hot! as he
ought not to.
And Otto said, 'This auto ought to auto
and it's got to-"
And Otto fought the auto, and the auto
it fought Otto,
Till the auto also got too hot to auto as
it ought to.
And then, Great Scott! the auto shot to
heaven-so did Otto
Where Otto's auto autos now as Otto's
auto ought to.
Smart Set.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-07-17
GROWTH OF CATCH PHRASES.
Many Words and Sentences in Conn
mon Use Nowadays Had Peculiar
Beginnings,

Nearly everyone has at times been
puzzled to account for the origin of
words and phrases they hear used in
the conversation of those with whom
they come in daily contact. Some of
these are peculiar in their etymology
and give no indication of their parent
age, says the Chicago Chronicle. The
word "hurrah," for instance, is a
token of joy in use for centuries. 1t
is the battle cry of the old Morse vik-
ings as they swept down to burn and
murder among the peaceful British.
"Tur aie!" was their war cry, which
means "Thor aid'-an appeal for help
to Thor, the god of battles.
Its all humbug!" Perhaps it is.
Humbug is the Irish "uim bog" pro-
nounced humbug, meaning bogus
money. King James ii. coined worth
less money from his mint at Dublin,
his 20-shilling piece being worth two
pence. The people called it "uim
bog"
1t was a Roman gentleman of 1000
years ago who first asked where the
shoe pinches." He had just divorced
his wife and his friends wanted to
know what was the matter with the
woman. They declared she was good
and pretty. "Now," said the husband,
taking off his shoe, isn't that a nice
shoe? It's a good shoe, eh? A pref
ty shoe, eh? A new shot, Ell? And
none of you can tell where it pinches
me-"
Before you can say Jack Robin
SON. arose from the behavior of one
John Robinson, Esq. He was a fool.
He was in such a hurry when he
called on his friends that he would
be off before he had well knocked at
the door.
"There they go, helter-skelter!"
That phrase was coined at the defeat
of the Spanish armada. The great
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-07-17
O KILL A HAWK.
Overcome by Numbers and
Done to Death,

Druid Hill park was the scene one
Sunday lately CT one of the f~iercest
battles ever fought between crows on
the one side and a large chicken hawk
on the other, and, perhaps, the only
battle of it's kind in which the hawk
suffered defeat, relates the Baltimore
Sun.
1t is a well-known fact that the re-
lations between hawks and crows have
been strained perhaps since creation,
hawks neglecting TO opportunity to
destroy young crows before they
leave the nests. Representatives of the
two species of birds rarely meet with
out a battle. They usually fight in
midair. This is no doubt the reason
why the hawk has won so many vic
tories.
Fully 10 or Is crows took part in
the battle. The hawk was attacked
in midair while lowering over a crows
nest. The onslaught made him furi-
Gus, and he retaliated by swooping
down on the tree in which the nest
was Dulll. luc ClONS Wtlc uGlcI-
mined to drive off the enemy, and made
a systematic and concerted onslaught
on the intruder. First II and then
another would drive at him, and in a
short time the ground under the tree
was strewn with feathers.
The hawk fought with bill and claws,
while the crows used only their bills.
The fight became so hot that the hawk
was compelled to leave the tree, and,
being to exhausted to fly, sank to the
ground. There he made a final stand,
and the battle was an interesting one,
passengers on the Emory Grove cars
being among the spectators. First
one 10Y and then another would give
the hawk q dig with its bill, and then
jump back to escape the savage plunges
of the hawk.
The hawk fought as long as he could
stand on his feet. Even while lying on
his side or back he kept up the strug-
gle. The crows, however, were relent.
less, and kept on pecking away until
their adversary fell dead. They then
few off a considerable distance and
patched up their cuts and bruises as
best they could. Not a single one Of
their number was killed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-07-17

feet of the Spanish invasion was
driven by storm and stress of the
English attack north to the Helder
river and south to the Skelder river
the Scheidt.
Do you know why a hare is called
"Puss?" This is not a riddle, but just
an example of how words get twist
ed. The ancient Norman knights who
came over with William the Con-
queror pronounced the word "le
puss." The puss he remains to-day.
$50 to Halifax That town was a
place of special terror for rogues be-
cause of the first rude guillotine in
vented there by Mannaye for chop
ping off felons' heads. Halifax law
was that the criminal should be
condemned first and inquired upon
after" Coventry had a queer law
in old times by which nom but free
men of the city could practice a trade
there. Strangers were starved out.
Hence the phrase of shutting a man
out of human company-"sent to
Coventry" "Spick and span" comes
from the ''spikes" and "spanners'-
the hooks and stretchers for stretch
ing cloth new from the loom.
"To "dun'' a man for debt comes
from the memory of Joe Dun, bailiff
of Lincoln who was so keen a collec-
tor that his name has become a
proverb.
"News" is a queer word-the initials
of north, east, west, south, which ap-
peared on the earliest journals as a
sign that information was to be had
here from the four quarters of the
world. The sign was N E W S, and
gave us our word news"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-07-17
What Might Have Been.

An ordinarily veracious chroniclei
tells this story of a suit brought
against the Pennsylvania railroad by
q farmer whose COW was killed by a
train. There was a long trial, with
learned arguments OF both sides.
The jury brought in this verdict: IF
the train had been run as it should
have been ran; if the bell had been
rung as it should have been rang; if
the whistle had been blowed as it
should have blew-both of which
they did neither-the COW would not
have been injured when she wa
killed."-Detroit Free Press.