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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-18
NEGRO MAY YET
 DIE ON GALLONS Felix Halls Reprieve Will Ex-
 pire Next Friday EFFORTS IN MANS BEHALF Judge Thinks That While Morrisey Was Right in Saying Hall Was Jackson He Was Mistaken
 as to Dates.
EFFORTS IN MANS BEHALF

Felix Hall, the negro who has so per- sistently maintained that his name is Henry Jackson, and who was convicted and sentenced for the murder of Norwood Clark, young white man, near Ensley, |, will probably be hanged next Friday.
 Judge Dan A. Greene of the criminal court yesterday sent to Governor Jelks a full account of his investigation of the case, and no further recommendation for clemency is made. The negro was so in- sistent that he could prove an alibi and that they had sentenced the wrong man that the governor reprieved him for sixty days in order to give the condemned man chance to bring forward his proof At the end of the sixty days the investiga- tion was in such shape that Judge Greene asked that the reprieve be extended thirty days more.
 Time Expires.
 The thirty days will expire next Friday, and Judge Greene says he is now through with the matter. The governor placed the investigation in his hands and offered to do whatever the court recommended. In his letter yesterday Judge Greene recommends that the original sentence be allowed to stand He states that twelve witnesses have appeared before him, all of whom have positively identified the man as Felix Hall.
 In explanation of the recognition of the negro as Henry Jackson by a MT. Nor risey of Vicksburg Judge Green says he is probably right and the negro was down in Louisiana at one time. But he does not think that MT. Morrisey's re- membrance of having seen the negro on a certain day about three years ago in Mississippi is strong enough to contro- vert the negro's positive identification as Felix Hall by no less than twelve persons.
 The Next Move. It is understood that application will be made by the negro's coupnsel to have the sentence commuted to life im- prisonment since 1t seems that there is at least A chance for a doubt as to the negro's identity. Judge Green in his let ter however refused to ask for such communications saying that if the negro was Felix Hall he ought to hang and that if it is not Felix Hall he ought to be turned loose He feels that the evidence is so overwhelming against Hall that he could not act otherwise.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-18
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

The following real estate transfers were recorded at the probate office yesterday:
 Alabama State Land company to C. D. Buck. west half of the northwest quarter of section sl township 1s range west; s12OO
 Mrs. c. Anthe to Frank F. Harms, BOX 100 feet off the north end of lot '. block 230, Birmingham; $2200
 F. L. Bivings to Domenico and r. F. Lusco. 9ox10O feet off north end of lot G.. block 15, Avondale; SIPS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-18
NEGRO FATALLY INJURED.
Jim Martin Caught Between Two Cars
 In Freight Wreck.

Jim Martin, a negro employed by the Louisville and Nashville, was caught be- tween two cars ir a small freight wreck on the Blocton division early yesterday morning and fatally injured. He was brought to Birmingham and died soon after reaching here. The man arrived in the city about Il o'clock. His body was carried to Warner-Smileys undertaking parlors after he died, and will be buried by them. No one else was injured in the wreck
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-18
Ernest West.

Earnest West, aged 21 years. died yes- terday afternoon at the Hllman hospital of typhoid fever. The remains were car ried to the undertaking establishment of Gaudin & Co.,, and from there were sent to West Point, Miss, last night. The re- mains were accompanied by the mother of the deceased.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-18
Lynchinq Is Imminent.

Paris Kyo october H.-Luther Mccoy, a negro farm hand. attempted to as- saut Mrs. James Marmaugh and Mis-, Nellie Herrick two prominent women of this city. Mccoy was arrested and 1t is not unlikely will be lynched tonight Gov ernor Beckham has been requested to or- der out militia to protect the prisoner from A. mob.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-18
PERSONAL.

Miss Verna Soule of New Orleans is the guest of Miss Elizabeth Hors 1n On the North Highlands.
 Miss Mary Washburn and Miss Carrie c. Smith of Montgomery are the guests of Miss Smiths aunt Mrs. George Hughes. of 2504 Sixth avenue.
 Mrs. A. N. Marrell and daughter. Ms. C. B. Lytle, have gone 10 California fer the winter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-18
Marriage Licenses.

Marriage licenses were issued yester- day from the probate office to the fol- lowing couples:
 A. L. Lockett and Miss Sarah Giles; Will Eastis of Leeds and Miss Elvina Cambron.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-18
DEATHS AND FUNERALS.
William Williamson.

William Williamson. aged 30 years, died yesterday at his residence in Thomas. The funeral will be this afternoon at 80 o'clock from the residence and the inter- ment will be in Woodlawn cemetery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-18
Bank Clearinqs.

Today. si199O265; same day last month S182, 639O; same day last year. s203 712. 4O This week, sl,11O 739.OO; corresponding week last year. sl.1l0. .59O l3.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-18
Retail Clerks! Import

Retail Clerks! Important meeting at Labor Temple hall, 21O 2lst street, Monday night at 8 o'clock to take up the non-recognition of the Association by the Mer- chants Exchange. All mem bers are urged to be present.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-18
Petition for Writ of MaRdamus
 Argued Yesterday JUDGE RESERVES DECISION
A. 0. Lane Represents the Petitioner and E. H. Cabaniss Represents
 Defendant-Prof. Cunning
 hams Brief to Be Filed.

Arguments were made before Judge C. senn of the City Court yesterday on the petition of the Rev. Dr. J. A. DleHlh- son for writ of mand mus directing Prof. J. B. Cunningham to allow the use in the high school of books whl'h uo not bear the official stamp as reauireo by the state uniform text book law
 The petitioner in the matter was repre- scented by A. o. Lane, while E Il. Cd''l- miss made the argument for the iespo"- dent. - Tn
 Judpe senn has reserved his de;is'oh III the matter and it will probably be two or three weeks before 1t is finally de- cided
 Case Attracts Attention.
 The case has attracted unusual interest for it is an attack upon the constitutlen- ality of the provision in the law creating depositories which are the oniy places in the state where the text Jo oks can be legally purchased.
 MT. Cabaniss in his argument for the respondent contended that the law grant ed a monopoly in yielding ths privilege to certain firms for supplying school books to the people of the state for use ip the public schools, and he maintained that the state had the right 10 grant such monopoly, inasmuch as it was to the public interest. He read several decisions from the courts of Kansas, Nevada and Oregon to uphold his contention.
 He insisted on the laws being con- ripht these contractors to furnish all books to be used in the schools.
 Petitioners Argument.
 Mr. Lane for the petitioner argued that the law did not create a monopoly nor grant any exclusive privilege for furnish ing books and could only be so construed by the merest implication. He said that this was not warranted since the prin- cple of law was when a peculiar privi- lege infringes on public liberties to con- strue them as doing so only when it Is explicitly set forth in the body of the law. He asked that since the law would be clearly unconstitutional if given this construction, that the court construe 1t as not granting any exclusive privileges
 Mir Lane said further that if the court should decide that the law granted such privilege the petitioner asked that the law be declared unconstitutional.
 The right and propriety of the state in adopting uniform series of text books was not raised.
 Before Judge Senn makes his decision briefs will be filed with the court by Attorney General Massey Wilson and by the counsel in the case.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-18
Race Track.

The bad weather of Friday seriously n- terferred with the attractions yesterday, and made it impossible for the horses IU race, or Walthour to race against the twenty running horses. The track was sev- eral inches deep in mud, and neither the motor or the cycle could be used. Wal thour will, hoewver, race tomorrow after noon at 3:30 o'clock. If there Is no more rain the track will be in excellent con- dition by tomorrow morning, and it will be conducive of better racing and better sport.
 The programme tomorrow will be prac- tieally the same as that arranged for yesterday with the exception of the mid way. At 10.30 o'clock Troop will give it's exhibition, and this will be followed by Maximus wrestling with the bull. At o'clock the races will commence, and they will be interspersed with music by the band, Walthour's race and the two running races. At o'clock Troop will again exhibit and at o'clock the fire works will commence. The midway will be open until Il o'clock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-18
It WIFI Pay
NOTICE TO CITY SUBSCRIBERS.

M. w. Carlisle, Avis Pruett and E. O. aDenson arS the only authorized col fectors In The Aae-HeraId circulation department in Birmingham. i.
 Be sure to pay no one else. THE AGE-HERALD PUBLISHING O.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-18

All high society Some of the things odd styles and
  stylish hall and mirrors match odd Telephone No
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-18
Strong Additional Attractions to
 Be Seen Tomorrow
GREAT CROWDS EXPECTED
The Robinson Amusement Company Will Open at the Fair Grounds To- morrow-6rllliant Midway Shows
 Walthour and the Cavalry.

Tomorrow morning when the fair opens there will be an added attraction which had it been here from the first would have brought larger crowds to the fair and would have furnished much better fun. It is the Dan Robinson Amusement company, which will form midway promised to be as good as was ever seen in this county.
 The Robinson company has number of strong attractions and the spiel of the man in front should enliven things up considerably. The fair needs something of this kind, and the need will be welt supplied. In this connection there will be the everlasting confetti, and it will be sold in big punches in all parts of the fair grounds. The privilege has been brought by several well known young men in the city and they have several hundreds pounds on hand. The confetti, to large exent, does away with much of the formality of fair, and adds to the fun and amusement
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-18
Flower pots just unloaded car load, all sizes. Godden's Seed Store.

Alabama Brewing Go.
 Bohemian Bser."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-18
Worran's Department.


 The best department at the fair is the women's which is located on the second floor of one of the buildings. This is in charge of Mrs. Reid, and she has gotten together a most creditable exhibit in many lines. There are hundreds of cakes pieces of fancy work. booths and free cooking exhibit. One of the best of the exhibits is that of the Martin Cracker company, which has an excellent display of cakes and fancy pastries
 Notwithstanding the weather yesterday there were over 2OOO people at the fair grounds, and it is safe to say that there would have been many times more had the weather not been so threatening. Many went out in the afternoon for the horse races and to see Walthour, and were disappointed but they will have another chance tomorrow afternoon.
 Yesterdays Programme.
 Yesterdays programme was changed the cavalry going on in the afternoon and giving an exhibit so that the people pfes- ent would see something for their money. rather weak exhibition of cycle riding on wire followed the cavalry. The fair management, it is thought, should have this team do better work or get another There are many teams in the country which have much better acts and they are easy to obtain.
 Work was commenced yesterday on the grounds for the midway and by tonight the fifteen shows will be in place and ready to open tomorrow. It requires ten cars to handle the tents and other equip- ment of the Robinson shows.
 The fair management Is eager for the midway to open, as it is believed it will mean very large crowds. So far the cavalry and Walthour have proven to be the drawing cards. and an effort will be made to get the latter to race here three days this week, besides tomorrow. If larger each day, as everyone who sees praises and talking of the good exhib.- ton he has given.
 Ticket Coupons.
 President Krebs of the Fair association desires 1t to be stated anew that every ticket of admission purchased at the gate will bear coupon. This coupon will be torn off by the gatekeeper and handed back to the purchaser, who may then sign his or her name to it and take 1t to the woman's department where there Is a huge iron box In which the coupon is to be dropped a small slit in the top of the box being cut for that purpose.
 Every such coupon entities the owner tf nartfcipata in fha free dfafrtbttfion of
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-08-15
NO TRACE OF Robbers.

Not the faintest trace of the robbers
who burglarized DR.. Smiths denial
office this city has been found, and
they are supposed by the local police
to be diligently carrying on their trade
in new pastures. Every minute the
police exnect to hear that the bold fell
lows have been rounded mn, and a tel
egram announcing such news would
not be received here with surprise.
1t is believed that the robbery at the
residence of Mr.. Virts, at Shenandoah
junction, was the work of the same
gang, and that after their hauls in this
section they went either north into
Pennsylvania or south into Virginia.
Thew will be heard from again in a
day or two.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-08-15
A VATICAN MYSTERY.
Fisherman's Rag Said to Have
Been Lost or Stolen.
A symbol of PapnI Authority which
Has Been Worn by Pontffs for
Hundreds of Yenrs-Lost
Twice Before.

The celebrated fisherman's ring,
symbol Of papai authority. mas disap-
peared. Authorities at the vatican
at Rome say they expect TO find it
among Leo's possessions in the apart
ments recently occupied by him, but
fears are expressed that the ring was
stolen from the poges dead hand.
The authorities say Leo hid the
ring.
When the cardinal camarlengo GER
titles the death OF a pope he receives
the ring of the fisherman from the
chamberlain of his holiness. 1t is
then destroyed in the presence of all
the cardinals at the first meeting of
the sacred college held after the pope's
death.
But when Cardinal Oreglia, the
present camarlengo, had certified to
the death of Leo XIII. Mgr. Bisletti
was prey to the deepest despair and
had to admit that the ring had disap-
peared. Cardinal Oreglia, who had,
as is the custom, brought his declara-
ton of having received the ring from
the papal chamberlain, all written out,
had to put 1T back in his pocket.
The fisherman's ring is known to
have been lost twice before.
Among the state papers preserved
at Simancas. near Valladolid, Spain,
is a letter from Count Olivares. then
Spanish ambassador at Rome, to Phil
ip IL, dated September 5, 1888, say
ing:
'Sixtus V. has been very III from
anxiety and vexation The vexation
to which | refer was at missing the
fisherman's ring. He carried it with
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-08-15

the poor, the confidant and adviser of
the rich. He has often necessarily been
involved in the misunderstanding and
contentious of the italian state author
tiles and the dignitaries of the church.
Without abating his zeal for the church
he has stood almost alone in the effort
TO allay the friction between the insti-
tuition he represents and the civil pow
ers.
While bishop at Mantua, in the days
of King Humbert, Sarto won the favor
of the queen mother, Margherita, and
through her the confidence of the king
Only a few months ago he went in
state to pay his respects to the reigning
king and queen on the occasion of their
visit to Venice. From these incidents
1t may be inferred that the attitude OF
PiuX Y. toward the Italian state will
be less combative than that of his pred
ecessor during whose reign the Vati-
can was shorn of much of its former
dignity and power.
The American novelist f. Marion
Crawford, who long made his home In
Italy, writes as follows of Sarto's sway
in Venice: The cardinal ruled his do
cese undisturbed the last ten years, be-
loved by Catholics, esteemed by the
government and respected by his enc
mics. Under his sway the Catholic in
situations of Venice have thrived ex-
ceedingly, and the cardinals piety, com
bined with his very noteworthy com
mon sense, has given him the reputa-
ton of being an ideal bishop"
Sarto was devoted to Venice and said
that he could never be happy else
where. On the other hand, he declared
that he felt like "a fish out of water"
at the papal court in Rome.
Sarto has long been noted for his
hard. common sense In worldly mat
tiers. He has shown himself more lib
eral than the professed liberals of Ven
ice in meeting disputes between labor
and capital. Through his good offices
grave differences have been adjusted
without prolonged strikes. In a word,
Sarto is spiritual minded. as becomes a
prince of the holy church, yet shrewd
in practical affairs and hard to de-
ceive. Withal he has saving sense of
humor and is free from the faults Of
asceticism.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-08-15
YELLOWSTONE CANYON.
At First Its Bigness and Bnrbaric
Color Are Overpowerfng.

Imagine, If you can-but you never
cana mighty cleft IN the level earth
third of mile wide, Its Drinks sharp
precipitous, reaching over 200 feet
downward, sometimes almost perpen-
dicular, sometimes banked with huge
heaps Of talus or buttressed with spin
ding pinnacles and towers often sur
mounted with eagle nests. and all
painted, glowing with the richest color
vast patches Of yellow and orange,
streakings Of red and blue, with hero
O towering abutment Of red and there
another all of yellow Al the bottom
flows the cleaning green river. and at
the top the dark green forest reaches
to the canyon edge. and sometimes
even rugged and gnarled pines, the van
guard OF the wood, venture over the
precipice to find footing on some ledge
or to hang half dlslodged, with angular,
dead arms reaching out into the mighty
depths, a resting place for soaring
eagle or hawk. The sides of the can
yon being not Of solid rock, but of
crumbling, soft formation, have fur
nished plastic material for the sculp-
turing of water and wind, which have
fooled them into a thousand fantastic
forms Ones eye traces out gigantic
castles, huge dog forms, bird forms, IT,
tanic facesall adding to the awful i'm.
pressiveness of the place.
For miles the canyon stretches north
ward from the lower falls. From
numerous well guarded outlooks the
spectator, grasping hard upon the rail-
ing lest the dizziness of these heights
unnerve him. may behold hundred
varied views of the grandeur, looking
either toward the falls, which seem to
fill the canyon end like splendid white
column of marble, or off to the north
ward, where the stupendous gorge
widens out, loses some of its coloring,
admits more of the forest and finally
disappears among rugged mountains
Everywhere the view is one that
places the seal of awed silence upon the
lips. II never pals. never grows old.
One soon sees all too much of geyser
and paint pot; of this, never. At first
the sensation of savage immensely is
so oyerpowering that the spectator
gathers only confused sense of big
ness and barbaric color, but when he
has made the perilous descent to the
canyon bottom below the falls. when
he has seen the wonder from every
point of view, he begins to grasp
larger part of the whole scene. to form
a picture which will remain with him.
-R. S. Baker in Century.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-08-15
UNCANNY MEXICAN PLANT.
Said to Deprive Those Who Come
Within Its Powerful Influence
of Their Senses.

The Institute Medice, of Mexico City,
says the Mexican Herald, will send to
the ST. Louis worlds fair an exhibit of
about so medicinal plants of the coun-
try and the products derived there
from. Accompanying the exhibit will
be a complete explanation as to the
place where the plants are found, the
procedure for converting them into
medical products and the elements
which they are destined to cure. 1t
grows wild and abundantly in the state
OF Michoacan. The Indians claim that
whenever they enter wood or place
where the plant grows its aroma makes
them lose their way and they are I'M
able to return to their homes or reach
their destination until they cease to
smell the plant. The statement is said
of times by learned people. The in
stitute is going to make scientific study
of its psychological effects, and an analy-
sis of its properties. A delegate has
been sent to Michoacan to obtain speci-
men Of the plant 1t has been further
added that a person wearing branch
of this peculiar plant in his buttonhole
will often be lost in his native city, but
the latter statement has not been con-
flrmed. This plant will be an interest
ng exhibit at the fair and II it is sent
in large quantities and keeps its quail
ties in foreign and distant lands, the po-
lice of st. Louis will have many visit
ors to guide during the exposition
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-08-15

Birds have very acute vision. per-
haps the most acute of any creature,
and the sense is also more widely diff
fused over the retina than is the case
with man. Consequently a bird can
see sideways as well as objects in front
of 1t. \ bird sees. showing great I'M
easiness in consequence, hawk long
before it is visible to man. So, too,
fowls and pigeons find minute scraps
Of food, distinguishing them from
what appear to us exactly similar
pieces of earth or gravel.
Young chickens are also able TO find
their own food, knowing its position
and how distant 1t Is, as soon as they
are Matched, whereas a child only very
gradually learns either to see or to
understand the distance of objects.
Several birds, apparently the young Of
all those that nest on the ground, can
see quite well directly they come out
of the shell, but the young of birds that
nest in trees or on rocks are born blind
and have to be fed.-Chambers' Jour
nal
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-08-15
SOME DoN'Ts FOR SUMMER.
gapient Suggestions which May Heir
to Make Life ToIerabIe in
Hot weather.

Don't you wink at the soda fountain
man. Winks have gone out Of fashion,
says wise contemporary.
Don't hitch along on an open car
1t Is easier to let people climb over your
knees
Don't ask fat man If this is hot
enough for him. He'll think there's a
joke in 1t somewhere.
Don't take it out on the ice man. II
1t wasn't for him we'd have to cuss
the coal man the year around.
Don't try to cool OFF on cocktails or
warm up on ice-cold lemonade. There's
philosophy about such things.
Don't imagine that the fellow in the
white duck suit is looking for red-hot
coal stove. He's got the same feeling
down his back that you have.
Don't get up arguments about ice
cream. 1t may kill, but II 1t does our
loss will be your gain.
Don't tell anybody that at this date
last year, when you were up in the
mountains. you had to sleep with three
blankets over you. You are thought to
be liar as 1t is.
Don't talk politics. and feel under
obligations to call some one liar. Let
him escape until the frosts come again.
Don't swear off on anything. and thus
perturb your mind. and add ar other bur-
den. A good case of prickly heat is
enough for one person to lug around
Don't imagine that you are the only
rag on the line. The rest of us are in
1t with you, and feel Just the same over
II, and any little trust in icebergs will
be promptly nipped in the bud and
frozen out.