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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-01
FOUNTAIN CASE DISMISSED.
Watkins Appeared In Justice Court.
 Did Not Want to Prosecute.

The case of assault with intent to mur- der against Jerry Fountain was dismissed yesterday afternoon, when the defendant appeared in the justice court of H. B. Abernathy.
 Justice Abernathy stated that the case had been presented to the grand jury and he understood no indictment would be returned against MT. Fountain.
 w. J. Watkins, who it is charged was shot by Fountain, was present and stated he did not wish to prosecute the case.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-01
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

Birmingham, Ala, January 2S 19O3
 Sealed proposals will be received by the undersigned until 12 o'clock noon, We'd nesday February f. 1903 for sanitary sewers, street grading, macadamizing. curbing and gutter paving.
 Specifications may be obtained at this office The right is reserved to reject sny or all bids. JULIAN KENDRICK. 1-2S-td City Engineer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-01
 INDUSTRIAL NEWS.


 The annual meeting of stockholders of the Three Rivers Coal and Iron company was held yesterday in the office of Powell & Blackburn and the folowin directors were elected:
 Dr. CIV. Ellis, Pref. S. A Ellis, Col. R. D. Smith E. A. Terry and F. E. Blackburn.
 G. ". Ellis was elected president and S. A. Ellis secretary and treasurer.
 This company holds about z40o acres of coal lands in Jefferson county which may be developed at al' early day.
 Fifteen delege tea 3to the national con .vention of the United Mine Workers of America at Indianapolis returned to the city yesterday morning. All the delegates are now home except William R. Fairley who Is a member of the national hoard and had to remain to complete some work on the wage scale. Those returning yesterday morning were: J. L. clemo, J. Halliar, Arthur Blakely, T. H. Tlnney j. G. Fowler, Patrick Clancy. William Fields. John E. Nolan. Adam Pou Joseph Walwork. R. A. Statum, J. Fl. Orange, whitei R. A. Carne, S. E. Banks, B. H. billiard and J. F. Jones, cclored.
 Henry Allen of 220js Eighth avenue, a minor and builder Of considerable cxperi- ence, who superintended the building of ihe Caldwell hotel and other large biild- irgs in the city, is figuring on opening up some valuable gold properties in the state. There are three other local men interested with him. The property con sists of about 1h0O acres. all of which Is geld bearing and exp, ses an ore body of ever 600 feet acfoss,ihe5 vein, The prop. srty is on the Tallapoose riversin Talla- poosa county, sai,uut seventy-flye miles east of Birmingham. M
 MT. Stockton of Chicago, formerly local nanager of the Central Pipe and Foundry company of ,Bsssemer. is soliciting capl- tai to found a company to manufacture soil pipe. The intention is to erect the plant near the Continental gin works at East Birmingham. The, enterprise will probably represent an 5investment of $2Co, GOO.
 J. D. Dwyer who was recently ap- pointed to the position of superintendent. of the nut and bolt works at Louisville is taking some good men from the Eir- mingham district. Jack Lodge and Will liam Lodge, two of the most experienced guide mill men in the city, left Friday to join MT. Dwyer in Louisville.
 Thomas Rawley, who was formerly president of the .Anniston rolling mill. is still working on his scheme to erect a rolling mill at East Birmingham. His ob- ject Is to manufacture material for the nut and bolt mill which is to be built at East Birmingham by the Lowell, Mass, firm which recently bought out the Bir- mingham Nut and Bolt Works.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-01
FOR CHIEF OF POLICE.

announce myself a candidate for Chief of Police of Birmingham.
 w. E. WEIR. I hereby aIfnounce myself a candidate for the office of Chief of Police of Bir- miugham subject to the action of the democratic primary election to be held on Monday, March 2, 1903.
 IT c. M'DONALD.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-01
FOR POLICE COMMISSIONER.

l hereby announce myself a candidate for the office of Police Commissioner of Birmingham, subject to the action of the democratic primary election to be held on Monday, March ?, 1903
 GEORGE G. PHILLIPS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-01
ANNOUNCEMENT IS.
FOR MAYOR.

I hereby announce myself as candidate for mayor of Birmingham, subject to ac- tion of democratic primary March ?, 1905. 1-27-tf GEORGE B. WARD. I hereby announce myself as a can didate for Mayor of Birmingham, sub feet to the action of the democratic pri- mary, March 2
 ". M. DRENNEN.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-01
FOR ALDERM EN. Second Ward.

hereby announce myself as a can didate for Alderman from the Second ward, subject to action democratic pri- mary. c. T. RAINBOW. l hereby announce as candidate for Al derman in Second Ward subject to the action of the Democratic primary.
 l. EPSTEIN.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-01
Fifth Ward.

1 take this means of announcing myself as a candidate for Alderman in the Fifth ward in the coming democratic pri- maries. B. II. COOPER.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-01
Seventh Ward.

hereby announce myself as candi- date for Alderman for Seventh ward. subject to action Democratic Primary.
 J. r. GRAHAM.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-01
...DANC1NG...

Professor Faulkner's class days at Turn Verein hall 2O2i1a First avenue. Tuesday and Thursday afternoons and evenings.
 Class soiree every Tuesday evening. Music furnished by Nealen's orchestra. Class will be opened at Bessemer next week.
 Fancy dancing speciality f
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-15

The Philadelphia Horticultural So
ciety held the first chrysanthemum
show in the United States in 1889.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-15

The first chrysanthemums to be
brought to Europe were taken from
China by shippers of the tea trading
ships.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-15

The first chrysanthemum show was
held in Norwich, England, in 1929.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-15

The chrysantbemum is one of the
easiest of garden fiowe-s to grow, but
it needs careful tending affter it is
brought into the house in pots when
the frost comes.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-07
wished Upton Good Luck.

Before the train which conveyed Sir
Thomas Upton to Washington on his
recent visit to President Roosevelt left
Jersey City an Irish woman who cleans
out the ars in the Pennsylvania yards
learned from a train hand that Sir
Thomas was on board.
"Hooroo!' she cried. "Divil a bit
more work will l do until I see Sir
Tommy"
She threw aside her broom and dust
err and made a rush for the drawing
room car, says the New York World.
where's Sir Tommy" she demand
ed as she 81 up and down the plat
form. Sir Thomas obligingly appeared
at a window.
"Good luck to ye!" she shouted. "The
Shamrock III win sure this time.'
Sir Thomas raised his hat and smil-
ed, and she went away happy.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-07
Novelties In Fireworks.

Among the novelties in fireworks for
the Fourth this year is the string of
mandarin crackers. which contains
from 1000 to 10000 f~recrackers. says
the New York Evening World. These
come in ten foot lengths and are sup
posed to be hung up on a pole or tree
before being set off. AT the end Is
what is called a mandarin bomb. One
of these strings in operation sounds
like a discharge of musketry, followed
by a park of artillery just getting into
action.
OF late years aerial s~harpshooting
has grown in favor until it has be-
come one Of the joys of the night cele-
bration. All that is necessary is a hot
air balloon with a circumference of
about thirty feet and a dozen or so six
pound skyrockets. After the balloon
Is released it will shoot into the air
with great rapidity and attain a height
of'3.OOO feet on a quiet night. At an
altitude of 500 feet the sharpshooter
fires his first rocket. 1t is up to him
to shoot them in rapid succession be
fore the soaring target gets out of
range, which is at an altitude of about
q third of Il mile.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-07
PIGEON p
Germany's New Plan Tor Using the
Birds as M~easenEers.

A result Of experiments with carrier
pigeons, made of late by the Gerlaa,l
naval authorities. is that permanent
stations for the birds are to be estab.
lished at Helgoland and Willelmsha.
ven in the North sea and Friedrichsort
in the Baltic, says the London Globe
Sixty-one carrier pigeon clubs have
placed their birds at the service of the
German admiralty. The trials made
prove that birds can fly home oversee
a distance of 300 kilometers. To insure
of eighty kilometcrs from land two
birds will carry the same message, and
for the greater distances up to 800 kilo.
meters from three to five birds will be
released, each bearing a copy of the
same message. \ minimum speed OF
one kilometer about two-thirds of a
mile) a minute is reckoned upon.
The general practice of sending the
message in a quill attached to the tail
feather will be abandoned. Instead il
will be written on thin vegetable paper
slipped into an india rubber case and
secured to the birds foot by means OF
an india rubber ring. AS the birds ar.
rive at their homes on land the mes.
sages will be forwarded to the proper
quarter. At the pigeon stations ON the
North sea coast are wireless telcgraphs
that will retransmit the message to the
head Office. In future every war ship
excepting torpedo boats. will be re
quired to carry pigeons to be released
at varying distances from the land
stations.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-07
OMNiBUSES.
A Novelty In City Street Vehicles to
BE Tried In England.

.. 0V AAACu Ia lnSAAHAs
A bill is before the English parlia-
ment authorizing the Introduction Of
trolley omnibuses in Worcestershire.
The trolley omnibus, while free to
man"uTer over the road like an ordi-
nary bus. derives its current from over
like the latter, it has no special track.
Services are to be found between Sa-
mois and F%ontainebleu. in France: be-
tween Koenigstein and Koenigsbrunn.
in the valley of the Biela. and in other
places, but it has never been tried in
the United Kingdom. Mr.. A. A. Camp
bell SWinton, the engineer of the COM
pany, says in the London Chronicle:
"What we propose to do is to put up
poles carrying two trolley wires SINH
lar to those used for tranlway pur-
poses. The cost of the overhead equip
ment Will be the same as in the cas- OF
tramways. What will be saved will he
the cost of the permanent way. which
is always a very large item"
While IN ordinary electric tramway
costs about $4,000 a mile to lay, an
overhead trolley motor car system
would cost something like $4,000 a mile.
Where IL vast amount of traffic has to
be dealt with an electric tramway or
light railway would have to be laid,
but in country districts and among
scattered populations the electric troll
ley bus should find a wide sphere of
usefulness.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-07
A Record breaking front.

The biggest trout ever caught in
Pennsylvania was taken from the wa
tiers of Spring creek, within Bellefonte
borough limits, by AL Hoffman. a local
Ledger. The trout was of the rainbow
variety and measured 25 inches in
length, was 5h inches deep across the
side. 81 inches across the back and
weighed Ga pounds. The trout was
caught on an eel set line. In its mouth
We're found six fishhooks and pieces of
troll line. showing that the trout had
been a good bitter. but just as good in
breaking away from the angler, even
at the expense Of taking hook and line.
The fish is to be mounted and sent to
State Fish Commissioner Meehan.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-07
Paying Patti to Breathe.

Adelina PATHS intention Of paying
another farewell visit to America is
the signal for the statistical friend to
let himself loose on an ~unoffending
public. He calculates that her voice
has netted her many millions and
proves with pencil and paper that dur
ing some of her tours to the United
States she was paid $3.50 for every
second she was on the stage; that each
note she sang was paid for at the rate
of 1926 and that every time she drew
her breath on the stage she earned
something more than 50.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-07
HI "TRAlN STOP"
NOvel Automatic Device to Prevent
Railway Accidents.

No more railway disasters, no more
head on collisions. no more accidents
at trolley crossings-this is the promise
for the future held out by Professor II.
G. Sedgwick. a mechanical expert and
inventor who has lately been showing
to railway managers in New York an
automatic appliance which he calls a
train STOP" writes Joseph Ray Buch-
ana in Harper's Weekly.
In actual service Professor Sedg-
wick's appliance will stop a train by
automatically setting the brakes and
will also display a sign or ''telltale'
informing the engineer of the particu-
lar danger ahead of him. whether an
open switch. another train or the track
or a washed out bridge. A system of
iron boxes setbeside the tracks holds
the mechanism Which performs the
surprising feats OF the train STOP"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-07
a SURGICAL
New Method of Joining the Tntes-
tiN.A to the StOm

tines tn the stomach.
A new nlc,i.od of joining the intcs-
tines to tic stomach in the operation
of castro c~nterotony. used principally
in cases Of cancer, has, it is announced.
been discovered ard is expected to be
of great service in reducing the danger
of the operation. says the New York
Tribune. SO far the process has been
tried only en- q dog. but it is intended
to apply it soaIl to human beings. Not
only is the method usefal IN cases of
forming a new uniOn between the
stomach and the intcstines. but it has
been used with success in joining diff
ferent portions of the intostiiles. Dogs
on whom the operation has been per-
formed have lived in perfect comfort,
so far as could be ascertained. and
when afterward I'll, :: lavn been .silled
for purposes of e&a.Ain"..ln :!% cllion
has been found to ig pri'>;.
AS formerly perft....2N IKE operation
Of joining the wall OF the intestine to
the wall of the stomach has not been
wholly satisfactory in all cases. The
intestine is sewed to the wall of the
stomach, and an opening is made to
the inside Of the stomach. The open
ing. however. is apt to spread and spoil
the union.
Improvements on this simple form
have been made by which bone plates
are introduced to hold the edges of the
opening together, or a button some
what like the patent clasp on a glove.
called Murphy's button. is used to snap
the intestines and stomach together.
Afterward the button works out. leav-
ing Il round hole. Both these methods
have the disadvantage Of introducing
hard foreign bodies into the intestines,
which may work out through the wallis
and cause trouble. Moreover. they
| sometimes have to be so small that
they do not leave a large enough open
ing.
Another method is to take a stitch
with an elastic band inside the circle
of stitches joining the walls together.
Necrosis, or death of the tissues, takes
place under this stitch. and by the slit
thus formed the desired opening is pro-
duced. This. however, is not always
satisfactory. as a slit. unlike a round
hole. is apt to become clogged and the
union of the walls of the intestines and
stomach IL sometimes imperfect.
The new method. on which Draper
Maury. a third year student at the Col
lege OF Physicians and Surgeons. in
New York. has made Il number of sue
cessful experiments and which is 500
to be made known to the medical pro-
fession under the auspices of DR.. r. +.
Weir. is a modification of this last
plan. Instead of the elastic band form
ing a straight line. producing Il slit. the
band is sewed inside the joining stitch
es in such a way as completely to shut
off the blood supply from a small por-
ton of the intestine and of the stomach
wall. Here necrosis takes place in a
circle. with the result that an opening
is formed large enough to meet all re-
%quirements and without introducing
solid bodies into the intestine.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-07
BATTLES OF THE FUTURE.
To Be Fought With Shrapnel, Not
Smnll Arms, Says an Ossicer.

Small Arms, Says an Ofsicer.
In Il recent. issue of Harper's Week
ly Mr.. George e. Summers. NJ. E..
writes of the new field artillery used
in the United States army. The arti-
Gle has been examined and it's publi-
cation authorized by the secretary of
war. SO that it may be considered in
effect official. The new field guns
described by Mr.. Summers will carry
effectively about three miles, and the
extreme rapidity of fire will permit of
a shot one in two seconds. or about
as fast as an ordinary Winchester re-
peating rifle.
AS it takes about seventeen seconds
for a she'll to go three miles. it will be
possible to keep eight fifteen pound
shrapnel in the air at once. and Mr.
Summers points out as Il possibility
that the enemy might then receive
we shots after it had s:lrranuered.'
He believes that. as the distance necesr
sary for effectual warfare between
combatants is increasing yearly. the
battles of the future will be fought
not with small arms. but with shrap.
mel. at a distance of from two to three
miles.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-07
cclebratin, the Fourth.

When the cats is still a-prowlin'
Round the corner of the fence.
While the dogs is still a-howlin'
Jes' fer lack of better sense,
While yer %gran'pa's still a-sleepin'
An you hear yer daddy snore.
Then's the time to go a-creepin'.
Like a mouse across the floor,
Till you find yerself a-peepin'
AT the clock to see f it's four.
When the baby's quit it's cryin'
An yer mammy's gone to sleep.
Then's the time to be a-tryin'
How a boy the Fourth can keep.
Jump into yer pants an jacket.
Go out barefoot in h dark.
Fer it's time to raise a racket.
An it's time to have a lark.
Take yer cannons. crackers. rockets.
Pistol. drum an other toys.
Put some matches in yer pockets.
Fer it's time to make a noise.
Then If no ones neal to hinder
Strike a light an start the fun
Jes' beneath yer daddy's winder.
Keepin' ready fer to run.
Thund'rin' blazes, what a buster! !.
Guess you'd better stop awhile.
Such a giant cracker muster
Walked the people fer a mile.
Hush! Somebody's speakin': Sonny.
Did you hear the breakfast bell?
Seems tt me it's very funny
That you like your bed so WE'LL"
Hang it all! I've been a-sleepin',
Ole folks up ahead of me,
While I dreamed I'd been a-keepin'
Fourth July since hap-pas' three.
Norman H. Pitman in ~Lippincott's Mag
azine For July.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-07
Stimulating Marriage.

Hampton-on-Thames is holding out
special inducements to young workmen
who want to marry and settle down.
says the London Chronicle. The urban
district council has lately acquired an
estate at Rosehill, upon which it Is
building workmen's dwellings. But
what is home without a wife? So Pre-
bendary Ram, the vicar. in laying the
foundation stone. made a sporting offer
in the interests of the population Of the
district. He offered to marry any cou-
Pile free of charge who within the next
twelve months would take one Of the
new. houses and settle in 1t.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-07-01
J. 3. Bennett.

The remains of ]. B. Bennett, who
died at Shelby, Miss, last Monday
morning reached this place over the
Choctaw yesterday afternoon. Ac-
companying the corpse was Mrs. Ben
nett, her friend Mrs. Stockings. and
Messrs. Denton and Harris, two
members of the Knights of Pythias
lodge at Shelby.
Joe NJ. London, representing the To-
cal lodge X. Of p. here, met the party
at Haileyville, accompanying them
TO Ardmore.
Funeral services were held by Rev.
]. Clarence Read in the Christian
church following which the remains
were taken in charge by the mem.
bers OF Myrtle Lodge knights OF
Pythias, where at Rose Hill GENE
terry they delivered the last rites OF
their order to the departed brother
A very large concourse of mourning
relatives and friends accompanied the
remains to their last resting place.
The floral offerings were rich ant
abundant.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-07-01
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c. Campbell is in the city from
Minco.
r.. F. Jones of Dallas is in the city
today.
H. A. Willis of Sulphur is on the
streets.
r. II. West left yesterday for
wapanucka.
]. II. Leatherman ofPauls Valley
Is in the city,
Cal Stewart came in this morning
from Holder.
II. P. Epps is in the city today
from Denison.
]. NJ. Jenkins came up last night
from Fort Worth.
G. Y. Durham of Oklahoma City is
in the city today.
Attorney John T. Young is in the
city from Tishomingo
Henry NJ. Furman left yesterda.
over the Choctaw for Lehigh.
o. w. Patchell, A. F. Pyeatt and
Presley b. Cole are in the city from
Pauls Valley
Miss Lillian Tumlin of Brenhan
Texas, is the guest of Mrs. Arthur
James and family.
Ex-sheriff Geo. w. Womack o
Gainesville was in the city last nigh
and this morning.
Commissioner Outlet left for hi
home yesterday at Tishomingo afte
spending a day or two in the city.
Commissioner r. S. Dennee, VIII
has been in the city for the past fey
days, returned home to Duncan ye'
terday.
j. b. Spragins left today for Su
phur, /. T., to try the curative power
of the sulphur water. Mr.. Spragin
has great faith in the efficacy of su
phur water.
Mrs. ]. b. Bennett Mrs. Stocking
and Messrs, Denton and Harris lie
this afternoon over the Choctaw fC
their homes at Shelby, Miss. Thi
visit to Ardmore was one Of sadness
bearing the remains of Mrs. Bennett
husband here for interment
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-07-01
Before you go phone "A.
chIekasaw Normal.
s-1n.

A common question about the col
.lege is Where are the Ardmore teach
ers; what is the matter with Ard
more?"
During the last few years the teach
ers of the Chickasaw Nation have
been accustomed tc lo11 /, Ar1mDTe
to take the leau lr edu u,1t'cnai mat
ters as well az in other affairs. For
this reason the Chickasaw normal
school was brought to Hngfrvc
From Pauls Valley all teachers are
present but one. From Purcell all
are present but two. Then the ques-
tion becomes pertinent-wheIe are
the Ardmore teachers? His educa-
tional interests in Ardmore died out?
Has the board of education gone into
Rip Van Winkle sleep? Are the
teachers themselves interested in
building themselves up in their call
ing? Misses Ousley, Tennery, Hart
ley, Hardy, Norris and Mrs. Hendrix
are the only Ardmore teachers pres
ent out of the twenty-six. If the 9th
ers are so well up in their work, we
need them. II they are not thorough
ly prepared, they need to attend.
They cannot plead expense, for the
normal is at their door. They cannot
plead ignorance of its being here for
1t is well advertised. The only con
clusion then that can be drawn is a
lack of interest--a desire TO do as lit
tie as possible and draw the salary.
Are the board of education and the
people of Ardmore satisfied with this
state of affairs? Is her reputation
that has been so good in the past to
be so impaired. Will she permit II tc
be said that Pauls Valley, Purcell and
other towns send full representations
to Ardmore to attend the normal but
that Ardmore does scarcely anything
Can she afford to allow It to be re
ported abroad that she has no longer
any interest in the betterment of heI
schools and the schools of the Chicka
shaw Nation? Will she permit II e
be said that her teachers refused e
attend the normal. though hell in hel
town, because OF supposed educa
tional interest? Shall the mantle
tuat has been so we'll and woIthll!
worn drop from her IL Oulders aud bC
caught up by other towns? shal
Ari,Ime. the leader OF the figlt, lh'
standard bearer of educational ad
vancement forfeit her high place AM
become a straggler. mere hanger on
in the educational army,
II is safe to say that II educationa
interest in the town continues at s.
low an ebb 1t will be long before an
other normal is held within he
bounds.