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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-15
JUDGE FEAGIN'S BUSY DAY. One Hundred and Six Cases Disposed
 of-Tedious Work.

There was an unusually heavy docket in the police court yesterday. Judge Fea- gin disposed of 106 cases, some of which were continued over from last week, but a large majority were fresh, the result of the arrests of Saturday and Sunday.
 Judge Feagin was on the bench iron, o'clock, yesterday morning, until 1 o'clock, yesterday afternoon, without once coming down. Most of the cases were of a trivial nature.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-15
Straiuht Cut in Wages.

Sharon, Pa, December Il. -Announce- ment was made today that furnace work CTS and all other mechanics employed about the blast furnaces in the Shenan- go Valley will receive a straight out cut in wages on Janary of 10 per cent. The turn men will then receive $2 per day and laborers S1.50. The workmen will probably accept the reduction. About 300 men in the valley will be affected.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-15
Union Men Will Stop Work.

Meyersdale, Pa. December 14-Notices were posted today by the United Mine Workers at all the mines in the Meyers dale district where reductions of 10 per cent have been ordered, commanding all union men to stop work tomorrow at mid night. This order will affect 300 men in Somerset county and work in this region will be practically suspended for some
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-15
Summers Bound Over.

Charlie Summers, until recently agent for sewing machine company, was yes terday bound over to the criminal court on a charge of attempting to criminally assault his cousin Mrs Nellie Stansell. Judge Feagin at first set the bond at $500 but lowered it to $500 in order that Sum- mers could make it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-15
Isaac Hamilton.

Isaac Hamilton one of the oldest citizens of Blount county, died at Blount Springs yesterday. He was Sl years old and had been living near that place all his life. He was known as Brother Isaac Hamilton and had a host of friends. He had been a member of the Methodist church for 6n vaars
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-15
Foreman Killed By Gas Explosion.

Knoxville, Tenn, December 14-Marion Storey. store foreman in the Virginia Iron, coal and Coke company furnace at Middlesboro Ky, was instantly killed in a gas explosion today He came 70 Mid dlesboro from the Proctor and Gamble plant at Cincinnati.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-15
Mills Closed to Union Men.

Chicago, December 14.-Failing to come to terms with the striking members of the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel and Tin workers, the International Iron and Steel company at Indian Harbor has announced that the mills have been closed to union men. Part of the plant IS being worked with non-union men.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-15
DEATHS AND FUNERALS.
Mrs. c. H. Weinsteln.

Mrs. c. H. Weinstein. aged 27 years, died Sunday at Bessemer. The remains were brought to Birmingham yesterday morning and the funeral was conducted from the depot. The interment was in the K KNesseth-Israel cemetery. The ser vices were conducted by the Rabbi Rob- ert L. Yasgour
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-15
WINTER TOURIST RATES

To Principal Points In Florida, Nassau
 and Cuba.
 Southern railway will have on sale daily until April 30. round trip winter excursion tickets to principal resorts in Florida, Nassau and Cuba, at greatly reduced rates. Final limit May 31. 1904. Through Pullman sleeping car Birmingham to Jacksonville. Write for booklet entitled .'Winter Homes in Summer Lands" For reservation. detailed information. etc., apply passenger office Morris hotel building. Telephone 617.
 J. c. LUSK. 11-26-tf District Passenger Agent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-15
FUNERAL NOTICE,

Thief friends and acquaintances of Mrs. I.illie B. Brooks are invited to attend the funeral of her daughter, Lillie Belle. at the residence of her brother, J. Ellis Davis, this morning, at Il o'clock. Inter- ment at Elm Leaf cemetery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-15
LILY WHITES AND
 REFEREES SEE ADVISERS
Continued from First Paae)

ject in his message to congress, and the present sesion Is likely to witness the passage of some measure.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-15
Different Devices Used.

that the object of its construction was to promote the public interests.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-15
EXTRA ANNOUNCEMENT!

Arrangements have been concluded for the appearance in this city at the Jeffer- son theatre on Tuesday evening, Decem- Der 22. of the distinguished artiste Elita Proctor Otis in Ibsen's fascinating play "Hedda Gabler." Ibsen has become a fad with all classes of theatre-goers, who will undoubtedly welcome this opportu- nity to see his greatest drama. Seat sale will commence Saturday morning, De- cember 19. Orders sent in advance will be filled at the box office. Although this is an unusual attraction there will be no advance in the regular seat prices, which will range from % cents to $1.50.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-08-13
The Kind of Ear That Is Rare

The ear that Darwin illustrates in his
Descent of Man" AS being allied to
the pointed type belonging to our SIM
ian relatives is not as uncommon as
many may Imagine. It is my observa-
ton that this popularity of the fold
in question is oftener to be observed
in women, and in many of these cases
the persistence. of the wisdom teeth
is also a characteristic. l have in
mind two cases of this sort, one of Il
man, the other of a woman, both resi-
dents of one Of our leading cities and
among their social and intellectual
forces.
The latter is remarkable reversion
to an earlier type in ear, in teeth, in
length of arm, in painless childbirth,
in feXibility of hand joints and in
other marked characteristics. 1t ap-
pears to me that the ear, like the YER
inform appendix, the suspension OF
the viscera, the position of the orifice
of the bladder and the unprotected
condition of certain main arteries, is
vet in transitional state and not fully
adapted to the newer human conditions
imposed by the erect position and the
artifcialities of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-08-13
4 mortified Wife.

The Rev, John Mathews, who was a
pioneer Methodist preacher of Ala
bama, has been remembered for his
strict views and many peculiarities. &C
cordiHg to Lippincotts. His wife. who
was more liberal in her ideas, was fond
of dress and once sold bureau and
with the money bought new hat. The
following Sunday Brother Mathews
being disturbed at the beginning of his
discourse by several of the congrega-
ton turning to see the late arrivals,
said: Brethren and sisters, don't
bother to look around any more; III
tell you who comes in" This he did,
calling each one by name, much to the
modification of the tardy members.
His wife was among the last, and
when she walked down the aisle he
said: Make way there for Sister
Mathews. She is coming with a bureau
on her head"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-08-13
Poultry at the State Fair. !

The poultry exhibition at !be. Mime
sofa State Fair Of 1903 will be made
under the mos t satisfactory conditions
since the fair commenced and it prom
Uses to be the largest ever seen on TIE
fair grounds. Since thu fair OF 1907.
the fair management has expended
several hundred dollars in purchasing
permanent show coops. The poultry
building is now equipped with these
coops and no other will be used. A:
usual, the poultry department. is nde'
the 81 perintendence Of that veteran
poultry fancier, Leslie Parlin OF St
Paul.
This years Fair opens On August 81
when Senator Fairbanks of Indiana
will make great speech.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-08-13
Philadelphia First Book.

The first book of any kind published
in PHILADELPHIA was Atkins Almanack
for the year 1856. 1t was an unpaged
pamphlet of ten leaves, only two copies
of which are now known to be in eX-
istence. The first copy of the AL
manack printed was sent to Colonel
Markham, PENIS deputy, who report
ed to the council that the book had
enormously declared Pennsylvania to
have been founded by Lord Penn"
The council disapproved such high
sounding title and directed the author
and printer civilian Bradfor0 to
forthwith and effectually blot out ye
words Lord Penn" This had the eff
feet of recalling the whole edition and
the abolition Of the obnoxious words.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-08-13
GREAT DAIRY DISPLAY.
The Coming Minnesota State
Fair Will Have A Most In
tereSting Exhibition.

Interest in northwestern buttermak
ing will draw to the Minnesota State
Fair of 1903 most complete display O.
dairy apparatus as we'll as large
amount of butter in competition or the
liberal prizes offered by the state fail
management. A. w. Trow, of Glen
vile, is superintendent of the depart
ment and is making every effort tc
have the exhibition the best ever seen
in the country. Competition is keen
and some high scoring is looked for
Manufacturers of dairy apparatus are
are struggling for the space in the
dairy building. 1t will be crowded
with the latest things.
This year the fair will open on Au'
gust 81 and continue until saturday.
Sept. 5.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-08-13
HANGMAN'S PAY.
The Way an Oriental Executfoner
Helps to Fill His Purse.

AAS sAh oTIenIaI EXecut10neT
Helps to Fill His Purse.
In the east hangman's trade is very
profitable. AS soon as a person is
condemned to be hanged notice is sent
to the eXecutioner, who has the privi-
lege of erecting the scaffold wherever
ne pleases, and at sunrise the next
morning he begins his work. Accom-
panied by his assistants, who guard
the condemned man and carry material
for the scaffold. he goes to some promi-
nent place in front OF large swelling
and there proceeds to erect the scaffold.
A few minutes later the owner of the
large dwelling PUSHES out and implores
him to go somewhere else.
Il don't want to have a man hanged
in front Of my house." ne explains.
All right" says the hangman. I'm
willing to go elsewhere provided you
pay me for my trouble in coming here
ana for the time which I have spent
at the job"
Though the sum which he names is
pretty large, the owner of the largo
dwelling pays it without a word
whereupon the hangman goes to an
other large dwelling, where a similar
scene is enacted.
In this way several hours are spent
by the eXecutiOncr in eXtorting money
from all the magnates in the neighbour
hood. When his purse is at last well
filled he erects the scaffold in some
dark wood, and soon the unfortunate
man, who has been tramplng after hi..:
all day, is ut reSt.-Ncw York Herald.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-08-13
Real Estate Transfers.

The following are the recently re-
corded transfers of real estate in west
ern Stearns county:
John Taresh to Anna Molitor, {:
nw4 l8l25-34, So, 200.
G. Smith to A. F. Knetel, lot IA
block 3, Haine's addition, PaynesvilIe
$3.50.
Theo. Gibertson to Theo. Halgrin
son, lots 2 and block IL, Brooten
81, 100.
G.. N. Hamilton to F. P. Van Worst
lot 4, block 9. Haines' addition
Paynes vile. $3.50.
Chas. McPennison to Rosina Will
helm, lots 9 and 10. block ., Fairviev
addition. Melrose, SS5.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-08-13
Another Name For 1t.

"And now" said the 1nquisitive per-
son who had been asking all sorts of
impairment questions of the raw
boned mountaineer who sat at his
cabin door smoking a corncob pipe
now I will explain to you why have
been so inquisitive. am a SOCIOLOGICAL
investigator and ana doing this in the
interest of science and humanity"
''Haow things do change" remarked
the mountaineer as he leisurely
stretched himself. "Whenst I were a
boy we called you kind O people dern
snoop nosed meddiers. baltimore
American.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-08-13

Throwing the Slipper at a Wedding.
The throwing of the slipper after the
bride comes apparently from barbsrous
times, when the relations of man and
wife were really very much akin to
those of master and slave, for it seems
that the shoe was an emblem of, author
lty, and at an Anglo-Saxon marriage
shoe was given by the brides father to
her husband in token of transference
Of power over her, the groom usually
indicating his appreciation of that fact
by tapping his new wife lightly on the
head with it.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-08-13
An Ardent Reader.

WELL" sid the sheriff. with an air
OF satisfaction, newspapers don't make
no great sight out O me, now tell We,
for it's seldom ever l set down to look
at one on 'em. got book up home
there i take an read out on, EFF l amt
got nothin' better to do. The woman
she give, a Teller dollar for her one
time, an put him up over night, too,
she did, From "Overhauling the Poll
iticianers" in Century. r..
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-08-13
Coral From Italy.

Much of the costly red, white and
pink coral used for ornamental pur-
poses is obtained from the coast Of
Italy. Men go out in boats and drag
the rocky bottom of streams with
wooden frames or nets, in which the
coral becomes entangled, but the del
icate branches are crushed in this way.
The finest coral is obtained by diving.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-08-13
CATTLE AT THE FAIR.
MinneSOta'S Fair the Only One
Where National Exhibit
tons are Held.

Livestock exhibition of National
Importance have come to be regular
part of the Minnesota Safe Fair. For
three years there have been successful
shows of this class. If this year S
show did no more than merely duph-
cate that of last no more would need
be said of it to induce multitudes to 60
and see it. But everything indicates
that the Forthcoming show will excel
all predecessors. The N; onal Short
horn and Hereford Associations will
again make the Minnesota fair the
only state fair for the exhibition of
the choicest animals of these breeds
under the direct auspices of the asso-
Citations. And it is possible tn at other
breeds will he represented in SINH
larly conspicuous manner. At all
events, it is known that all breeds will
be represented by many and most ex-
cellant herds and individuals. Public
sales of cattle will be held, as last
year, giving prospective buyers a
splendid opportunity to combine bust
ness with pleasure; profitable business
with wholesome, instructive pleasure.
This fair has now become too promil =
ent, too much of national affair, to
make The showing of ordinary speci-
meus of cattle, or Offering them for
sale, desirable or profitable TO their
owners. hence very high class exhi-
bit may be expected.
The FAIR opens t! is year on Mon
day, August 3lst and closes Sept, 9th.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-08-13
ENGINE DYNAMlTED.
Another Attempt Made to Wreck a

Another Attempt Made to Wreck a
Northern Pacific Train.
Helena, Mont, Aug. 6.-An- attempt
was made one mile west of Bozeman
to wreck Northern Pacific train with
dynamite. Engine 29, pulling a west
bound train, was wrecked by an ex-
plosion which broke the headlight.
shattered the windows of the cab and
otherwise damaged the locomotive
Engineer Dean was not injured The
perpetrator of the outrage is suppos-
ed to be the same person who tried to
blow up Northern Pacific bridge over
the Yellowstone river at Livingston
Sunday
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-08-13

Where there is one scholar who be-,
comes insane through overstudy, there
are hundreds who remain inane by
reason of understudy Boston Tran
script. ~
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-08-13
One view ofDialeet.

Dialect tempered with slaagsis'aA.aa-
mirable medium Of co1nfaazaisatien be-
tween persons who have Instistasg
and persons who would not care for
anything properly said-Themas Bal
ley Aldrich in Century. "A 49,.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-08-13
For Rent.
Three Rooms, with all modern i'm.
provements, over store.
GUTHMANN & ABELES Co.
Good PaSturage.

have SEQ acres of good pasturage,
for $50 head of cattle-six miles east
of Sank Centre cityi in the township
of Melrose, we'll fenced and plenty of
good. swater. Will pasture for the
eason at $3.50 per heads at ow aer's
risk. Salt furnished.
- G: G. ,FENToN,
Sank Centre, MINI.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-08-13
Unfortunate if True.

The HERALD sincerity hopes that the
following New York Dispatch is not
true so far as it effects the fortune Of
Charles A. Towne: "Towne, when he
went out of politics, went to New York
and got interested in a Texas Oil COM
pany. He did we'll. In little while
he had 2 series of wells spouting oil at
a terrific rate The Standard agents,
as the story runs, learned that some
of the greatest producers among the
Towne wells were about to give out.
The Standard has its own ways OF
knowing things about other peoples
oil business before the other people
find them out. Anyhow, being con-
WINGED on this point, the Standard
contracted to take certain number OF
millions of barrels of oil at Is cents
the barrel from Towpe. 1t was a fancy
price and meant wealth for Towne's
company. But the Standard attached
a penalty clause, penalizing the Towne
company fixed amount per barrel
for all of the contracted amount it fail
ed to deliver. The contract was just
comfortably in operation when the big
Towne wells began spouting salt wat
err. Now the best of them have run
out and there is no chance of filling
the orders. Mr.. Towne, according to
report, is thechief victim OF the col
JanseD
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-08-13

A Saint Cloud man who was at Cold
Spring on Sunday, reports robbery
there one day last week. Barney
Schmidt is a retired farmer living in
the village. He has an aged wife but
no children and he kept quite cons1d-
cradle sum of money in his house. in
a box in which he filed away his lmpor-
tant papers, he had roll OF $780,
Thursday night Schmidt had occasion
to visit his strong box and he was dis
MAYED to find that his money had been
aiken. He had last seen the money a
week or more prior to this time and
therefore cannot locate the exact time
of the theft of the money. 1t is sup
posed that somebody with knowledge
of his habits entered the house during
the absence of Schmidt and his wife
and abstracted the roll from it's cozy
corner in the box. The authorities al
Cold Spring are looking for the money
and the man but SO far without result
st. Cloud Times. ,srsa
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-08-13
MOB LYNCHES A FARMER.
Over a Thousand Men Forcibly Take
Murderer ard Hang Him.

WUruerer ard Hang Him.
Asotin, Wash, Aug. 6-Despite the
efforts of the victims father, Sheriff
Richards of Asotin county, who had
sworn in twenty-five deputies to guard
William Hamilton, a well-to-do farmer
the confessed murderer of little Mabel
Richards, was forcibly taken from the
Asotin county Jail shortly after mid.
night and lynched by a mob of over
1000 men, which had been gathering
all day from all parts of Asottn
county.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-08-13

Mrs. John Hanson and children are
visiting friends at Willard.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-08-13

No man who needs a monument ever
ought to have one-HaWthorne.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-08-13
Advertised Letters.

The following is a list of letters tn
have laid unclaimed in the post Office,
for two weeks. and if not called for
within two weeks will be sent to tile
dead letter Office.
Barrett, Jane. Brooten, A. M.
Gandesberry, Joe. Hidermenn, Otto.
Larson, Ole, Lebel, Fl. A.
Winkle,' Geo. Starpes, Sary.
Sullivan, George.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-08-13


Gandesberry, Joe. Hidermenn, Otto.
Larson, Ole, Lebel, H. A.
Winkle, Geo. Starpes, Sary.
Sullivan, George.
You must learn not to overwork a
dollar any more than you would d
horse. Three per cent is a small load
for it to draw; six, cafe one; when it
pulls IN ten for you it's like working
out west and you've got to watch to
see that it doesn't buck; when it makes
twenty you own blame good critter
or a mighty foolish one aud you want
to make dead sure which; but if 1t
draws 100 it's playing the races or
something just as hard on horses and
dollars and the first thing you know
you won't leave carcass to haul to
the glue factory.
The Lady Maccabees Of this place
celebrated their fourth anniversary on
Wednesday August II, by a picnic at
Fairy lake. A four gallon freezer of
Ice cream was one of the principal fea-
lures of the day, but owing to the chill
illness of the atmosphere we interspers-
ed cups of piping hot coffee and SER
les of foot races. The extreme modes
ty of the winning tat lady forbids men
ton o. first prize in that race, and the
lean lady also begs that she may be
allowed to wear her laurels ir private.
But the races were first class in every
particular, and added much to the gen.
eral good time which all enjoyed.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-08-13
"The Greatest Spoken Thought Of the Ninetee1

Joseph II. Choate
Lord BeaconsfieId
James q. Blaine
William M. Evarts
John Hay
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Sir Henry Irving
Charles A. Dana
Robert J. Burdette
Russell ii. Conwell
Canon Farrar
John B. Cough
Andrew Larg
Wendell Phillips
Josh Billings
John Tyndall
Lyman Abbot
Charles Dudley Warner
William Cullen Bryant
Rufus Choate
Theodore Roosevelt
Arthur j. Balfour
Jonathan P. DoIiiVer
Edward Eggleston
William E. Gladstone
Mark Twain
Horace Porter
AND MAI
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-08-13

continents lectures that have been repeated
again nevrtng audiences bu pubhed addresses
made the the time the
together first time with large number of the
wtties sayings of the wtes of the nineteenth century
For iouror whole evening in the easy chair home
for the study dction
liant assemblies for the ambitious become successful
popular public speaker and for the who has
address, this work a neVer-faing
charm and inspiration. Nor this The
tribute read Deliver
Joseph Choates speech
The Pilgrim Mothers