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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-07-31
Notice to the Public.

On July 20 my wife, Sallie p. Ward,
deserted me, leaving me in bed sick.
| will not be responsible for any Of
her contracts nor for any accounts
against me made by her.
CHAS. WARD,
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-07-31

Taking debtors as they do not
come, one is constrained to believe
that they are not worth having
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-07-31

Sound kidneys are safeguards Of
life. Make the kidneys healthy with
Foley's Kidney Cure. Bonner & Bon.
ner.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-07-31

A. r. Bass OF Morgantown, Ind,
had to get up ten or twelve times in
the night and had severe backache
and pains in the kidneys. Was cured
by Foley's Kidney Cure. Bonner &
Bonner.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-07-31

Take a generous view Of the short
comings Of your fellow-men and do
not use it for business purposes.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-07-31
Board Of Health.

DR.. ]. w. Moffett, city physician; ;
Drs. S. S. Carr, ]. w. Smith. Walter
Hardy; Mayor r. w. Dick
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-07-31
w. A. DASHIELL,
Ticket Agent.

Luckily It is the hard headed man
who butts his head against a stone
wall.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-07-31
CITY GOVERNMENT.
Aldermen.

First ward. W. Golledge. J. S.
McCharen.
Second Ward-J. S. Mullen, |. r.
Best.
Third Ward-C. L. Byrne, w. G.
Kendall.
Fourth Ward-W. T. Gardner. A. c,
Young.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-07-31
Ardmore to HeaIdton.
Ardmore to Simon.

Leave daily except Sunday.
Star Route mails close promptly on
leaving time.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-07-31

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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-07-31
Summer Tourist Rates.

to Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michi-
gan. One fare plus $500. Dates of sale
June l, to Sep. 80, limit for return
Oct. 81.
The age-herald., 1902-03-28
Performance Nets Snug
 Sum for Walton Monument

old, dances, plays a solo on the chimes and keeps perfect tune through lcng selection .on the trap drum.
 Arthur Buckncr the cyclist, performed a number of new tricks. The Berlin Sis- ters received great applause, and Pankleb and Ali Holt each made a good impress sion.
 Chief Austin made a short address, thanking rhe reople of Birmingham for their support. He said he considered the bill one of the best he had ever seen and could gladly recommend it to the women and children of Birmingham as a clean and worthy performance.
 After the regular bill the crap game was raided. The scene was ideal. In a kitchen were gathered about thirty ne- groes busily engaged in rolling bones and enjoying themselves. When the police burst in, firing their guns as they came. several of the negroes vaulted over the footlights and passed out thr rough the au- dience in haste. The raid was Il surprise to most of them. The majority took refuge under the bed, which was a part of the negro cabin setting, and the police were busy dragging them out for several minutes.
The age-herald., 1902-03-28
MIR. BARTLETT DID
 NOT SEE THE DISTRICT
Railway Magnate Kept Indoors By the Raln-Returns to Ills Home
 In Boston.

MT. Francis Bartlett. the Boston capi- talist. who accompanied Mir. Harry M. Atkinson here Wednesday night to look over the properties of the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power Company, re- turned home yesterday. He hardly went outside of his hotel, hence he did not see the properties in which he is largely in- terested. He said he couldn't stand the rain that he would come some other time when the sun was shining.
 "I really want to see some of the great Birmingham district, but I did not want to see 1t bad enough to go out in the wet" MT. Bartlett remarked with good humor. But can go back to Boston and say have been to Birmingham, and that is something to tell"
 MT. Atkinson will possibly remain here until Saturday, although his plans were made tc leave for Atlanta this afternoon.
 MT. Robert Jemison. president of the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power Company, has been away from the city for some lime, but Is expected home to- day or tomorrow. MT. George H. Davis. general manager of the company Is con- fined to his bed at the Hillman with a painful malady He has been i'll for a week, and will probably not be able to ieavs his room for some time yet.
The age-herald., 1902-03-28
COMMITTEE TO FIX
 CONVENTION DATE
MINERS TO MEET IN BIRMINGHAM ESDAY-sCALE cONvEN. TON WILL BE HELD SOME TIME IN JUNE AT BEssEMER.

The executive committee of the Ala bama District, United Mine Workers of America. will hold a meeting next We'd nesday morning in their rooms in the Chalifoux building to name the date for holding convention to fix the wage scale for the following twelve months. Other business will be transacted.
 The convention will be held in June so as to allow the new scale to go into ope- ration the day the present one goes out, which is July 1. and will be held in Bes- semer. A joint meeting of the miners as- sociation and the operat ors will be held after the convention. at which the min CTS will fix the scale.
 At present the miners are receiving the maximum of 55 cents a ton, the price paid being based on the market price of pig iron. For three months the maxi mum has been maintained, and from present indications it will stand through out the rest of the year.
 The miners are silent about the de- mands they will make this year. Presi- dent Edward Flynn says 1t Is impossible to tell what will be asked and what the miners will do at the convention. There seems, however, to be not the slightest possibility of any trouble. Although there are 10000 miners in the organization in Alabama, they all find plenty of work, and there is really need for more men.
The age-herald., 1902-03-28
FRISCO SYSTEM MAY
 GO TO SAVANNAH
ATTORNEY OF COMPANY TALKS OF EXTENSIONS TO BE MADE IN NEAR FUTURE, INVOLVING 2ooo MILES.

A special dispatch to The Age-Herald from Austin, Tex, says:
 President B. F. Yoakum of the St. Louis and San Francisco Railway Com pany passed through here today on his way to headquarters at St. Louis from California. He was accompanied by Thomas F. West, attorney for the com- pany in Texas MT. West stated in an in- terview that the San Francisco system Is to be extended west to Los Angeles, passing through Vernon, Tex, and All buquerque. N. M. From Las Angeles he said the road will be built to San Francisco. He also stated that it has been determined to extend the system from Birmingham to Savannah, Ga. These extensions will aggregate about 2OO0 miles. MT. West also confirmed the report that a branch line is to be built south from Brownwood. Tex, to San An tonic and thence to Brownsville on the Mexican border''
 No one connected with the Frisco sys- tern's Birmingham office knows anything about extension plans of the company
 "I have read of many rumors about this system getting from Birmingham to the Atlantic coast. but I am not in position to hear onything." said a representative of the Frisco; but I look for such an extension some day."
 Tho official of another line gave 1t as his opinion that the Seaboard Air Line ard the Frisco system would work to- gether and build or have built the Bir- mtnRh and Atlanta road which was re- gently surveyed at a cost of $10, 900. But" said this official. neither the Seaboard nor the Frisco will do any con struction work between Birmingham and Georgia this year. It is easily imagined, however, that the Frisco will get east ward from h ere in the next two or three years"
The age-herald., 1902-03-28
NEARLY 2ooo PEOPLE AT THE AU- DIToRIUM DESPITE THE RAIN. THE POLICE RAID MIMIC NEGRO CRAP GAME.

The Auditorium was comfortably filled last night for the performance given in behalf of the Walton monument fund. There were nearly 2000 present, and had the weather been favorable 1t Is safe to predict that the "S. R. O." sign would have been hung out early.
 From the proceeds of the night the monument fund will receive something over s3O0-enough to erect an impressive slab over the grave of Policeman w. P. Walton, who was killed in the discharge of his duty. The police sold over 15OO tickets to the two lower fioors and the gallery was crowded.
 The regular bill of the week. with Madge Ellis, the headliner. who made a lit with her songs and little talk, was given. She was encored several times.
 Baby Kelton came In for a large amount of applause. The child, only four years
The age-herald., 1902-03-28
DICTATES STATEMENT GIVING REASONS WHY TENNESSEE co. HAS NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL WITH ENVIRONMENTS.

The Wall Street Journal prints the fol- lowing:
 Tt Is stated on very good authority that the Tennessee Coal Iron and Rail- road Company is deriving large profits rom its big iron, coal and coke busi. ness. The trouble with the steel business of the company Is that the design which was adopted by the former management for the plant has proved in some respects very unsatisfactory. The plant was de- signed for the manufacture of steel by a new process for which great economy was claimed one of the main features in which was the elimination of the ladel- ing which the steel undergoes in manu. facture.
 Device for Economy.
 Tt was assumed that if the molten mat ter could be sent along in a stream in- stead of being ladel1ed at several suc- cessive stages, great economy in time and labor could be effected but no &C., count was taken of the fact that in the labelling the steel becomes oxygenated. The action of the air causes a chemical
 
 the new process. the result being that inferior steel was made. The services of MT Julian Kennedy. who Is an expert in such metters. were secured, and such changes were suggested by him as are ex- pected to place the plant among the best of steel producers.
 '"The original plans for the plant called for a capacity of 1000 tons. but 1t was found on completion that not more than DO tons could be turned out daily. The result of the improvements so far made has been. to bring this up to better than 600 tons or an increase of over 50 per cent"
 Mr. Bacon's Statement.
 Chairman Don H. Bacon, who Is now in Birmingham, when shown the above dis patch yesterday dictated the following statement:
 Referring to the article that appeared
The age-herald., 1902-03-28
.Recoyd of Courts.

Tn the first division of the City Court the case of the Tennessee Coal. Iron and Railroad Company against R. F. Thomas resulted in a verdict for defendant.
 The case of w. H. Johnson vs. J. c. Patterson a suit for $1o.OOO damages for alleged personal injuries is on trial
 In the second division the suit of J. c. Martin vs. the Lewisburg Coal and Coke Company resulted in a Judgment for plaintiff of $1630.
 The case of T. R. Shields vs. Frank P. OBrien is on trial.
 In the Circuit Court the case of J. c. Bonner vs. the Alabama Great South ern Railroad resulted in a verdict.
 The case of J. F. Armstead vs. the Un- ion Transfer Com pany suit for damages for alleged delay in delivering a trunk re- suited In a verdict for the defendant.
 There was . verdict for defendant in the case of D. E. Keller vs. Alabama Steel and Shipbuilding Company
 The case of J. A. Mitchell ys. A. 2. Gambill is on trial. Plaintiff is suing for damages for an alleged assault made on him by defendant.
The age-herald., 1902-03-28
DOCTORS TO GET THEIR
 DIPLOMAS TONIGHT
Eighth Annual Commencement Exer clses of the Birmingham Medical
 College at the Jefferson.

The graduating exercises of the Bir- mingham Medical College will take place tonight at the Jefferson Theatre, This by the college and In the graduating class eight new doctors will appear. The programme includes an address by pr. R. M. Cunningham, the comforting of degrees by Dr. B. L. Wyman, dean of the college, and an address to the class by Hon. John M. Caldwell of Anniston.
 The full programme Is as follows:
 Music Rogers Brothers in Washing ton" (LevD; Vidette March (Knebier)- Orchestra.
 Prayer-The Rev. Dr. A. J. Dickinson of the First Baptist church.
 Music, "King Dodo Selic' Quders)-or- chestra-
 Annual Address to the Graduating Class Hon. John M. Caldwell of Anniston.
 Solo, "The Shade of the Palm" from "Florodora' (Stuart)-Mr. c. c. Wash burn.
 Address-Dr R. NJ. Cunningham.
 Music, Mexican Serenade" (Dixon)- Orchestra.
 Conferring Degrees and Address by the Dean-Dr. B. L. Wyman.
 Vocal Solo, Border Ballad" (Cowen)- Mir. c. c. Washburn.
 Valedictory Address-Dr. O. L. Mur- phree of Graduating Class.
 Music, "The Dazzler" (Mackey)-Or- chestra.
 Benediction.
 Following Is the list of the graduates: MT. Charles N. Caraway. Alabama
 MT. Rufus B. Fore, Alabama
 MT. Emos K. Hanby, Alabama.
 MT Claude L. Murphree, Alabama, vale dictorian.
 MT. Looes l.. Lee, president.
 Mir. L. l.. Sharkey, Alabama, secretary and treasurer.
 MT. Mark J. Williams, Alabama. Mir. Loren Gary. Alabama, vice presi- dent.
The age-herald., 1902-03-28
MONEY BURNED IN
 SOUTHERN WRECK
ALL MAIL WHICH LEFT BIRMING- HAM SATURDAY DESTROYED. BIG LOSERS TALK ABOUT FlL- ING SUITS FOR DAMAGES.

All the mail which left the Birmingham postoffice Saturday on the early morning train over the Southern Railway for Washington and points beyond was burned in the fire which destroyed tho mail cars on train No. 3S on this road Sunday morning near Charlottesville, Va. This train was wrecked on account of landslide, and fire broke out in the mall cars, which were destroyed, with thou sands of dollars worth of checks, cash, money orders, stocks and negotiable se- curities.
 The mail which left on this early train Saturday contained all letters which were mailed after 5:3O o'clock Friday afternoon. The registered mail pouch for New York and points beyond was burned. Forum ately this contained an unusually small amount of regist cred matter most of it coming from Mississippi Every registered package will be traced by the govern ment just the same as if it had been lost, although the government is aware of it's D destruction. There is no way to tell the exact amount of money in the registered letters, but the government Is responsible and guarantees the sender against loss to the amount of ten dollars. Those who sent money in this package can recover the same by making an application at the postoffice from which sent and producing their registry receipts. The government has blanks for this purpose which can be filled out and keeps a record of the num- Der of every letter which has been regis tered.
 The postoffice authorities have issued the following statement as to the mail matter contained on the ill-fated train:
 "The mail on the wrecked train in- cluded matter for Washington, Baltimore and New York, from New Orleans. La, g p. m.. March 21 Mobile, Ala. 12:3O a. m., March 22; Birmingham, Ala, 620 a. m., March 22; Montgomery, Ala, GEO a. m.. March 22; Atlanta, Ga., 1 D. m., March 22; Chattanooga, Tenn, 4 a. m., March 22; Salisbury. N. O., g. 34 p. m., March g; Charlotte, N. C., SIS D. m., March g; Lynchburg, Va, 1.55 a. m., March g."
 The government is not responsible for is unregistered. It Is stated that some of the heavy 1oosers by the wreck are contemplating suits against the railroad to obtain damages and that lawyers have been consulted regarding probable suits. These are said to have expressed the opinion that suits for damages may be maintained, provided of course the rail- road is responsible for the wreck.
The age-herald., 1902-03-28
Mr. Bacon COrrcCtS False
 Report About Steel Plant

in the Wall Street Journal in regard to the steel plant of the Tennessee Coal. Iron and Railroad Company, located at Ensley, Alabama. the furnaces to which the above article refers are of the ordi- nary rolling or tipping construction. Duplicates can be found at Cleveland, Ohio or worcester, Mass, and practical ly the same Idea Is embodied in several that are at the works of the Illinois Steel Company at South Chicago. Some were built for the Dominion Iron and Steel Company at Sidney. Nova Scotia, of the same design except that as they roll they do not move forward. No new process was introduced or proposed. but the fur naces, as built at Ensley, empty through a forehearth, pouring the metal direct from the furnace into ingot mo1ds instead of Into ladies, as is the custom else where. It is believed that by emptying a furnace quickly into ladle, less change In the steel will take place. and more uniform quality will be made.
 All Steel Not Soft.
 'It was to be expected that the Ten nessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company would ship some inferior steel, but much has been condemned that was not in- ferIor but was too hign or too low in carbon for the purpose for which it was to be used. The officers of the company assumed that all of the steel would be soft, which was not true; and loss re- suited to the buyer and the maker. and the latter gained bad reputation that 1t did not wholly deserve.
 ''The services of Mir. Julian Kennedy have not been secured. Necessary changes will be made at the mill so that the molten steel will be run directly into ladies. Careful inquiry shows that nearly all of the users of the steel speak Tn the highest terms of the metal that they have received"
 Mir Bacon also authorized the state ment that extensions will be made to the open hearth building. Two Cotton cranes have been ordered, and ten ladies and two cars will be on the ground by the time they are needed.
 A contract will be let within few days for a 250-ton mixer, with the necessary crane and gas producer. An increase in quantity end an improvement In quality of output of steel will follow.
The age-herald., 1902-03-28
FAIL ID AGREE ON
 PATROL WAGON Committee Discuss Question One Hour Without Result IS NOW UP TO THE MAYOR Question Was Whether to Buy New Wagon or More Horses-Mat-
 ter of Matron Taken
IS NOW UP TO THE MAYOR

The joint meeting Of the police and san- itation and finance committees of the Board of Aldermen, which was held yes- terday at the Mayors office, discussed for over an hour the question as to whether to buy a one-horse or two-horse police wagon for the city, and then finally left the whole matter to the Mayor and the chairman of the police and sanitation committee with power to act.
 The meeting was called for this pur- pose, the present police wagon, popu- larly known as the "Black Mariah," be- ing sadly in need of repairs. and the horses which have been pulling it being also in need of repairs the question was up to" the City Council to decide whether to buy more horses and repair the present two-horse wagon or to buy new one-horse wagon and have the two horses alternate in pulling 1t, one working at day and one at night. There was a difference of opinion in the com mittee, and Mayor Drennen and Alderman W. R. Gum, chairman of the police and sanitation committee will have to do all the thinking on this question and decide the matter.
 The fact was brought out at the meet ing that the iiorses which are now pulling the police wagon have been bought on approval, the old ones being swapped off. the city to pay also a bonus of $225. A resolution was adopted authorizing the police and sanitation committee to carry out this trade.
 The question of having matron for the rev city jail was discussed, and 1t was decided not to elect one until the new length of time to deteTmin the necessity for one. The woman's Club and the Woman's Christian Temperance Union not long ago petitioned the Board of AL deImen to employ a matron at the jail. Their idea was to have a white woman there to take charge of such women as might be arrested and who should not be put in the jail with more hardened crim- inals.
 Under the system, or lack of system, of keeping the old jail records, 1t was stat ed in the meeting that no authentic sta- tistics as to tho comparative number of white and colored women who were ar- rested had been kept. It was thought, however, by several members who had been connected with inc committee hav- ing the jeil Tn charge that there was on an average of about two white women arrested a month, and these not of a very dainty order. wbile the number of negro women arrested was over a hundred.
The age-herald., 1902-03-28
TO DISCUSS QUARTERS.
Meeting Phoenix Club Called for Tues.
 day Night.

A meeting of the Phoenix Club has been called for next Tuesday evening to dis cuss the question of obtaining new quar- ters for tho club. Their present club building on Eighth avenue and Nineteenth street was sold about year ago to the EiSs, who will take possession on Octo- ber l.
 Some of the members of the club favor building new clubhouse, and others favor renting quarters more centrally lo- cated than the present ones and fitting them up to suit themselves. The meeting Tuesday night is called to determine this matter.
The age-herald., 1902-03-28
MAYOR REMITs FINE. Judge FeagIn Assessed Men $1oo Each for Carrying Weapons.

G. Wilson and J. c. McGinnis were fined s1oo each by Judge Feagin yesterday morning on charges of carrying concealed weapons. The fines were remitted by the Mayor.
 The two men were arrested yesterday morning about 2o'clock on the corner of Avenue and Twentieth street, south. Some one had been firing a pistol in the neighborhood. The police arrested sev- eral persons and searched them. Weapons were found on the two men named.
The age-herald., 1902-03-28
TO DECORATE CRAVE.
Maccabees Will Keep Green the Mem-
 ory of the Murdered kirkIey.

The grave of G. W. Kirkley, the police- man killed two years ago by members of the Miller-Duncan gang, will be decorated Sunday by members of LuclSie Camp No. 2. Knights of the Maccabees, of which he was a member.
 Sunday is the annual decoration day of the order. MT. Kirkley is the only mcm- Der of the lodge to die since 1t was organ ized seven years ago. A number of police. men are now members of the lodge and will take part in the ceremonies.
The age-herald., 1902-03-28
TO PURcHAsE LAND.
Sanitary Commission Needs Body of
 Land for Ratification Purposes.

The Jefferson County Sanitary Commits sion has under consideration the purchase of large body of land at the terminal of the trunk sewers below Bessemer and Ensley. A considerable tract of land Is needed at these points for purihcation purposes.
 At a recent meeting of the commission the matter was discussed but it was de- cided to await the report of Expert En- gineer Gray, which is expected shortly. before taking any action.
The age-herald., 1902-03-28
WILL GIVE A PLAY.
Birmingham Militia Companies to En
 ter Amateur TheatricaIs.

The Jefferson Volunteers and the Br- mingham Rifles are arranging to give a performance at the Jefferson Theatre in May to raise funds to equip their armory in the new city hall. commit tee from each of the companies has been appointed to confer with Kendall Weston, of the dramatic school, to make the pre- liminary arrangements.
 The performance will probably be given May and a five-act comedy "Rosedale" will likely be the play. The cast will be composed of members of the dramatic school and of the military companies.
The age-herald., 1902-03-28
SEVEN INCHES RAIN FALL IN 48 HOURS Prediction is for Another Down.
 pour Today STREETCARS ARE RE TARDEO Gate City Cars Coming In Via East Lake Line-SmalI Washouts On RaiIroads--streets Almost
 Impossible.
STREETCARS ARE RE TARDED
FLOOD RECORD

Seven inches rainfall in 4S hours. Rain predicted for today.
 Cars on Gate City line coming to town by East Lake tracks from Woodlawn.
 Two small washouts on railroads.
The age-herald., 1902-03-28
FALLS ON SLIPPER TRACK.
Shipping Clerk at Birmingham Rolling
 Mills Sustains injuries.

Lucien Lee, shipping clerk at the Bir- mingham Rolling Mills, slipped vest erday afternoon as he was crossing the tracks in the switch yards near there and in- jured himself, but the physicians were the mans condition.
 Lee was carried to the East Lake car in Gaudin & Loy's ambulance and was taken to his home in East Lake. He was crossing the tracks from the offices to the mills. The rain had made the tracks slip perry and his foot slipped from under him.