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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-23
TYPHOID FEVER IS EPIDEMIC.
Nine Cases Break Out In the Virginia
 Military Institute.

Richmond October 22.-Typhoid fever has broken out at the Virginia Military institute at Lexington, nine cases having been reported to the state board of health here. The report was made by Gen. Scott Shipp, superintendent of the institute, who stated that only two of the cases were considered dangerous.
 All the patients are in the hospital and receiving the best of medical attention Stringent and radical measures have been taken to prevent spread of the dis aaea
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-23
ADJUSTMENTS.
At the Jefferson

At the Jefferson. < &- Friday-"Satania." s A Saturday Matinee and Night <
 % When Reuben Comes to Town" ' < At the Bijou. < -% All week - Matinees Tuesday, | < Thursday and Satur1ay-"Child >
 N- Slaves Of New York. '
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-23

All kinds Of cuts. Age-Herald Er graving Department.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-23
Epidemic Has Extended.

Lexington, Va, October 22.-It appears that the typhoid fever trouble at the Virginia Military institute has extended to Washington and Lee university, where seven students are ill with the fever There have been thirty-four cases in all in the town of Lexington since the first of the present month.
 Dr. J. M. Upshur of this city, mem Der and the chief medical adviser of the Virginia Military institute board of visi- tors. is said to have wired Col. Shipp, the superintendent of the Virginia Military institute after a consultation with oth- CT members of the board, recommending that the institute be closed and the cadets furloughed for an indefinite period It is believed that this recommendation will be adopted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-23

Why don't you buy your Tea and Coffee at the Tea StoreP A. & F. TEA co.
 Phones 505.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-23
6ut Glass D6Cant6rS

A rare showing of Cut Glass Deeanters. representing the de- signs and shapes of the early Victorian period. 1S3O; Queen Ann. 17O0; George Ill., 17S0; Will liam ", 1920, and the early 18th century, especially desirable for NNnddinp Gifts
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-23
Gut Glass Bowls

Our Cut Glass Bowls at 5000 are unequaled in beauty and ele- ganee of design.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-23

Major J. F. Hanson, chairman of the board of directors of the Central of Geor- gia, accompanied by w. A. Winburn vice president and traffic manager, came to Birmingham in private car yesterday. They spent a part of the day at Ensley watching the manufacture of steel.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-23
STEELE-SMITH DRY GOODS COMPANY.
GEORGE A. STEELE.
JAS. ARTHUR SMITH.

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  quality hukm of saturday weeov tn
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-17
EXPORT DUTIES
UNDER DEBATE
Reichstag Is Not Ready
to Adopt Aggressive
Course.
Resolution Directed Against
the United States Is,
Withdrawn.

BERLIN, Jan. 16-By a vote of III 10
q The Reichstag to-day adopted the SUBJ
stitute for the resolution of Baron Heyl
Zu Herrnscheim asking the Government
to denounce the most favored nation trea-
ties, which was directed against the United
States and Argentina The substitute re-
quested the Government to denounce trea-
ties where experience showed that the
most favored clause was injurious to
Germany's interests Baron Heyl Zu
Herrnscheim withdrew his resolution in
favor Of the substitute The Socialists
and Radicals composed the minority
During the course Of the debate to-day
Herr Gothein, Radical Liberal, said the
United States observed the treaty of 1Ses
Loyalty, for the most favored nation clause
in the present sense was unknown prior
TO the Anglo-French treaty of 1851. Con-
tinuing, he said:
The greatest obstacles against commercial
ueates are open and disguised export bounties
which the zealots for these reasons should help
70 abolish We cannot denOUnce the present
reciprocity arrangement with the United States
without damaging our interests until new
treaties with other countries are made.
Prince Herbert Bismarck, the next
speaker, said:
The United States is already discrim-
mating against Germany under the agree
ment Of 1900. since do not get
lhe same concessions France and also
PORTUGAL in the case OF efTervescent wI4es
now that President Roosevelt has made a
treaty with Cuba, giving extraordinary con
cesslons 10 her sugar the United States will
readily make US concessions because Germany
ls nsr best customer. The great mistake or
lhe taTln convention was that We abandoned
our agricultural interests for a pittance.
Inc opinion has been expressed in the
Reichstag that the sharp language used here
against the United States will damage our
interests in negotiating new treaty with the
! mted States. I hold the contrary opinion.
II VIII strengthen the backbone of our nego-
aators when they say: We should like
10 make concessions, but the wicked Reichstag
VIII not allow US Therefore il is a good
ming TO beat the drum and say: we will not
allow ourselves TO be imposed upon any longer
our lambs patience IS finally transformed into
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-17
WOMAN PLANS
BANK ROBBERY
Prisoners Confession
Causes Sensation in
Montana.

RED LODGE, Mont, Jan. 1s-In ths
arrest last night of John KIRK and WI
liam Judenan for completely in the daring
hold-up Of the Bridger Bank bout a
month ago. the authorities have unearthsi
the fact that the robbery was planned
oy woman we'll known in this section
and executed with the knOwledce Of az
least eight different persons living in
CarOon County. The following have been
arrested: Matthew Wallace. JEFFERSON
Lindsay. William Countrynnan and Pat
rick Murray
After hard sweating Sheriff Potter
obtained an alleged partial confession
from Murray, who says that the rob
berry had been planned week before il
was committed by Wallace. Kirlv a,d
Judenan. Judenan held the horses wbua
Wallace and kiriy entered the bank Ths
three men returned to the Rain NJ
Donald cabin. where Sheriff Potter and
his posse captured them.
Murray says the men got into a 5isr,,t.. i.
over division Of the spOiIs and . 6e-t-
nearly arose because Kirly. who ~
charge Of the plunder. claimed ~ 49,
lost part Of it on the road. E-irI,- -
about 1920 to divide. Murray Claims h.
was innocent of any completely in ,bs
hOld-up '"9
The authorities expect to make several
more arrests.
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-17
Years
Of Suffering Fro m
Heart Disease.
/ Would Not be Alive
Today
But For DIR. Miles Heart
Cure.

Do not neglect the Warming symptoms of a
swelling of feet or ankles, pain in and around
heart; oftentimes affections of the stomach,
lungs, liver, bladder, kidneys, etc, arise from
heart weakness. A weak hear. must be
helped; 1t cannot stop to rest. 1t must be
be enriched, the heart nerves strengthened
and the circulation improved by the great
heart and blood tonic, DR.. Miles Heart
Cure. There is positively nothing to equal
this wonderful medicine in Its beneficial
influence upon hearts weakened from any
cause.
q am very grateful for what DIR. Miles
Heart Cure has done for me, as am conf
dent would not be alive today had | not
learned of its wonderful virtues and taken it
before it was too late. | had been a sufferer
from valyular heart disease for many years.
in fact ever since was little girl and for
three years before began using Heart Cure
/ was in very bad shape. l could not sleep
on my left side at all and would frequently
have the most dreadful smothering spells.
A mes my left side would swell up. had
PAIN in my head all the time from which
suffered greatly. Nothing l took did me
any good until / used eleven bottles of DR..
Miles Heart Cure which removed all these
distressing symptoms and made me feel we'll
and strong."-MRs. II. c. CRUISE, San Fran
cisco, Cal.
All druggists sell and guarantee first bot
tie DIR. Miles Remedies. Send for free book
on Nervous and Heart Diseases. Address
DR.. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind.
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-17
CHANGES THE CHARGE
OF INSANITY TO CRUELTY
Sherman Bowman of Redlands Wants
Divorce and His Wife Starts
Eastward

SAN BERNARDINO. Jan 1s - Sher-
man l. Bowman Of Redlands, who had
his wife. Emma c. Bowman, arrested on
a charge Of insanity a few DAYS ago
to-day agreed to dismiss the INSANITY
charge, and Immediately afterward filed
q complaint asking for a divorce on the
ground Of cruelty. When Bowman had
his wife arrested he said that she had
threatened him with violence and had
given unmistakabIe signs of mental de-
rangement. The case was called before
Judge Bledsoe to-day, but in accordance
with previous arrangement effected in
court il was dismissed without the
Introduction Of evidence. Bowman
through his attorneys, Immediately filed
the divorce complaint. the papers having
previously beer prepared. In the com
plant he alleges that for some months
MS wife's actions have caused him great
mental suffering. Immediately after be-
ing served with the papers in the divorce
suit Mrs Bowman left for the home of
her parents in Springfield, ILL., Her father
is General Smith, prominent resident of
Springfield.
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-17
LEAVES OAKLAND
A PUBLIC PARK
City Is Enriched by the
VIII Of the Late
DR.. James.
Coronado Is to Receive Land
on Which to Erect a
School.
ss-aa. Dispatch 70 re call

PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 1s.-By the VIII
CT Dr. Bushrod W. James. the famous
eye and ear specialist of this city, who
died January s. Oakland. Cal, vii be
enriched by the gift OF a park The doc
i0r. who Jeff an estate valued al 500 900
and upward bequeathed lot of ground
known as Bushrod Park provided the
same IS maintained = good condition by
that municipality.
Coronado. CAL rs Jeff z l0t u ground
in rrar City fu rT.EEt 70 erect thereon q
school ~ instruction for y1Ong people.
~ be called the Bushrod Washington
James Institute and FOR the maintenance
10 the same he beguearils two other lots.
Almost his entire fortune is Ieft in
trust 90 the city ~ Philadelphia 10 pro-
vide FOR The Bashrod ". James Eye. Ear
sud Throat Institute. ~ provide treat
ment for The poor, and the james Free
Library. The maintenance ~ both institu-
ruIons being provided Tor by the terms
- the will
The VIII is long and contains some Pc
cu'iar clauses The opening paragraph
directs that his body shall Dc ernbslmed
--acc0rdinE 10 the most permanent en-
ha ming process known 10 science. and
shall be laid in a hermeticaily sealed
stone or metal receptacle and placed in
walled forrlb. together with any photo
graphs papers. autographs. coins. jew
f.s Or iewclry that may have been laid
aside by me marked for such purpose. or
any relics or other suitable articles which
may be deemed appropriate OF selected
ly my friends in charge of ny funeral. 20
The UiI also provides for the publication
- his obituary and payment therefor.
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-17
PRETTY HELLO GIRLS
GO TO THE SOUTHLAND
San Jose Contributes Fair Telephone
Operators for the Los Angeles
Service.

SAN JOSE, Jan. 16.-Five pretty "hello"
girls are to be added TO the force OF the
Los Angeles Office of the Sunset TeIe-
phone Company. A dearth Of operators
in the southern metropolis has caused
drafts to be made on most Of the cities
of Central California, and now San Jose
must contribute her share. The selection
of operators in the various towns has
been a sort of beauty contest. and each
Office has sent its prettiest girls. The
quintet of girls that went south on the
overland train to-nighy. their fellow op-
orators declare, cannot be beaten for good
looks These are Miss Nance Kerr. Miss
Helen Jeter. Miss Maudine Morgan.
Miss Winnie Costello and Miss Anna Hol-
man.
The young ladies will arrive in Los An
geles tomorrow and begin work Mon
Gay. 1t is expected that they will be
absent from their homes about two
months, at the end of which time the
Los Angeles Office will have probably a
trained force Of its own.
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-17
TRAIN Is DERAILFD.
Thirty Passengers Are Injured, but
None of Them Fatally.

DENVER, Jan. ia special to the
Republican from Gunnison. Colo, says
westbound passenger train No 81 on the
Denver and Rio Grande was derailed
three miles east Of Sargent at 900 o'clock
this morning, and thirty of the sixty pas
sengers on board were more or less in
lured, though none fatally The most Sc
Tiously hurt are: s. Z. Gutschall Mon
trose, Colo, head and back cut and inter-
nal injuries; Charles B. Miller, Chicago
leg injured; f. G. LOhr, Kansas City. arm
wrenched; Assistant Superintendent Grif-
I'm Of the Denver and Rio Grande Rail
way, face cut.
The cause Of the accident was the
breaking of the bolts holding a fishplate
by freight car which jumped the track
a little earlier The section crew had
been notified and was on the way to re-
pair the track when the wreck occurred.
The deep snow prevented the accident he
ing more serious.
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-17
PRIVATE WAR CLAIMS
ARE PASSED BY HOUSE
congressman From Illinois Engage
In Lively Controversy Over
One of the Bills

WASHINGTON, Jan 1.-THE House
devoted the day to private war claims.
passing about twenty. The two features
of the day were the defeat of claim of
b. +. Moody & Co. Of Keokuk, Ia. for
the payment Of the amount deducted from
their contract for furnishing equipment
to the Third Iowa Cavalry by the famous
commission which unearthed the army
contract frauds in St Louis in 1863
and the fight of Payne, the floor
leader of the majority, against an
omnibus resolution to refer ninety
Southern Claims, aggregating s400,-
900, for stores and supplies taken from
the [ Mon army during the Civil War to
the Court Of Claims for finding Of fact
under the Tucker act The former bill
led TO a lively controversy between two
Iowa members, Messrs. Smith and Hodge
Hit Of Illinois, the chairman of the For
eign Affairs Committee, was the stenog-
rap1s% Of the commission and was able
personally to corroborate Hedge in his
opposition to the bill. The commission in
favor of the omnibus claims resolution
was too strong for Payne. but on the final
vote the quorum failed. As the previous
question had been ordered the vote on the
adoption of the resolution will be the first
thing in order on the next claims day.
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-17
STOCKTON CELEBRATES
A GREAT ARBoR DAY
One Thousand Trees Are Planted on
Streets in the San Joaquin

STOCKTON. Jan. 1s.-The most sue
cessfuI popular movement ever under
taken here eliminated to-day when vol
1nteer workers under the auspices Of the
Arbor Club planted 1000 trees on three Of
the public highways leading from this
city. Not only were the trees planted.
but most Of them were protected by tree
boxes The entire length of roadway V
planted was about nine miles. The day
was q local holiday and thousands Of
people turned out to participate in the
work despite the discornforts Of the pre-
vsiling tule fog. IN addition to the active
members Of the Arbor Club the Native
Sons and Daughters of the Golden West,
the Elks Red Men, Foresters and other
fraternaI organization turned out in
numbers to plant trees and the different
schools. the teachers, social clubs and So
ciety generally made it a tree-planting
event
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-17
STOCkMEN READY
To DECLARE WAR
Plan Campaign Against
Packing House
Merger.

KANSAS CITY, Jan. 1.-THE sixth an
nuaI convention of the National Live
stock Association adjourned al O'Clock
this afternoon to meet next year at Port
land, Or, after eleeting all the old Off
GERS for the ensuing year and taking the
initiative in a systematic campaign of
legislation against the proposed packing
house merger.
William NJ. Springer. general counsel
for the association, in a spirited address,
outlined a bill which he had formulat ted
ito protect trade and commerce against
unlawful restraints and monopolies." and
which he said was merely an adaptation
of the Sherman antitrust law and the
Hoar bill now pending in the Senate. In
the discussion that followed President
John w. Springer said that a bill along
the lines suggested by Judge Springer
would be printed within week by the
association and sent to every Legislature
in the land In further discussing the
subject President Springer said that if the
proposed merger was ever consumma ted
the National Livestock Association would
string packing houses from Chicago to
San Francisco. In response to appeal
from the executive committee for leg
islative fund, $3.50 was subscribed in less
than thirty minutes.
A reSOlutIOn introduced Dy FRANK NJ.
Stewart of South Dakota protesting
against the packinghouse merger was
adopted.
Tonight the delegates were entertained
al an elaborate smoker at Convention
Hail. the chief attraction at which was
the Megaphone Minstrels, an aggregation
of 200 funmakers, who had been trained
for the occasion by St. Clair Hurd. well
known actor.
Tomorrow 200 or more of the delegates
will start for Memphis and New Orleans
on a special train over the Frisco. where
they will be guests of those cities.
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-17
EMPEROR WILLIAM SENDS
GIFT TO THE PRESIDENT
Presents Him With a Beautifully
Bound Edition Of a Prussian
Fduca4foual Work

WASHINGTON. Jan I5.-President
Roosevelt received to-day from Emperor
William through Count Quadt Charge OF
rtf C1erma % ernba ssv- 2 n edition de luxe Of
r work entitled The Reform Of the High
- School System in Prussia
The frontispiece 0f the work. which Of
course. is in German. IS an excellent pOT-
rrair of the Emperor The book is a beau
tiful specimen ~ the finest German print
lug and binding and deals with a subject
iu which the Emperor is interested deep
lV- President Roosevelt expressed his
lratidcatlon for the gift and requested
count Quadt no convey 70 Emperor VIII
Lam bis cordial approval Of his kindness.
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-17
BULLET OF MURDERER
ENDS SALooN-KEEPER,s LIFE
Money Stolen After the Firing of
Fatal Shot in Port

PORTLAND, Or, Jan. 1s.-Henry Mey-
er was shot through tthe heart and
killed early this morning in his saloon
al Twenty-fourth and Thurman streets
Two men giving the names Of T. A. Ed
wards and E. II. Price were arrested on
suspicion Of being the murderers. but
were afterward released.
Meyer was alone in the saloon when
the shot was fired. but his wife, who was
in their apartments back De the saloon.
heard some one ask TO be let in after
her husband had closed up. She saws her
husband opened the door and let some
one in, and shortly afterward she heard
the shot. Meyer was found lying behind
the bar. and all the money in the cash
register was gone.
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-17
Changes in Mexican Cabinet.

Ell PASO. Tex, Jan. 16.-Governor Mi
grel Ahumada Of Chihuahua, who is Wis
iting at Ell Paso, this afternoon was noti-
fed by President Diaz of several changes
in his Cabinet, occasioned by the resgna-
ton Of General Bernardo Reyes. Minister
OF War. The changes and portfolios are:
Governor of the Federal District and Min
lister of the Interior. Ramon Corral Min
inter FOmento, General Manuel Gonzales
Cast: Minister Of Communications and
Commerce. DR.. Leondro Fernandez; Min
lister of War and Marine Affairs, General
Francisco c. Mera.
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-17
MONEY Is APPoRTIoNED
FOR THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Superintendent Kirk Announces the
Schedule Of Distribution in
the State.

sACRAMENTO. Jan. 1s.-T. ]. Kirk,
Superintendent of Public Instruction, has
made the apportionment OF the school
money of the State TO the various coun-
ties. There are 573, ,s99 children entitled to
receive school money, and the amount to
be spportioned is 2,3S9, ,S53 81. This gives
an amount per census child of SC &c.
The smallest amount apportioned was to
Alpine County, s5l7 So. 1t has but eighty
one census school children. San Francis
Angeles County, z5,167 children, gets s2Ss.-
6l7 l5, and Alameda County, with 34.4l5
children, Is apportioned s219e11 IS.
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-17
Man. Noted for Fasting. Dies.

SAN BERNARDINO, Jan. 16.-Ambrose
Taylor, one Of Rialtos oldest cfti-
zens, who was famous for the long fast
which he endured for the cure of rheu-
matism, is dead. Heart disease was the
primary cause of his death. 1t was he
who tried all sorts OF remedies without
result for rheumatism, and who. finally
resorted to fasting. For thirty-two days
he did not take mouthful of solid food
merely drinking little tea to SUSTAIN
life. The longer he tasted the more his
leg limbered, until he was finally able
to walk about the yard for the first time
in years.
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-17
MESSENGER BOY
CAUSES A WRECK
Sets the Wrong Signal
for an Approaching
Train.
Collision Follows and Four
Railroad Employees Are
Killed.

MBERLAND, Nd. Jan. 16.-Through
the alleged interference Of messenger
boy a wreck was caused on the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad east of Cumberland to-
day, in which four employees of the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad were killed and
three injured. The dead:
w 7. SINAIs, engineer.
". J. MORAN, fireman.
h D SNEERINGER, fireman.
JOHN BUTLER, engineer.
Those injured: T. j. Hendrix, con-
ductor. Baltimore, bruised about the
body; ". y. Christopher. engineer. Bali-
more bruised; - Kinney. conductor,
Cumberland.
The wreck was due TO the displaying of
q false signal giving clear track for
eastbound passenger train No. 10, when
in the next block ahead there was stand
ing on the track a cabOose and two en-
gines. The passenger train was drawn by
two engines, and these crashed through
the caboose and engines which obstructed
the track. Luckily the train had not at
tsined its fun speed and was only NOV
ing al the rate of about twenty miles an
hour when the collision came. The postal
car Of the passenger train was derailed.
but the passenger coaches did not leave
the track and the occupants escaped in
jury.
It is charged that a messenger boy
named Turner. who was in the block tow
er when No. 10 came along and hearing
the engineers whistle for clear tracks,
pulled a lever giving him a clear signal.
The operator had, Il is explained, pre-
Hiously set the signal at danger While
his attention was being devoted to COM
municat ting with the succeeding block sta
Is al Lave
that gave the oncoming train the signal
that il had Clear track ahead. and the
tower operator was not aware of what
was done until the crash came.
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-17
Funeral of Bishop Ropert.

HONOLULU, Jan. 16.-The largest
funeral Honolulu has seen since that OF
Princess Kaiulani, heiress to the throne,
was that Of the late Rev. Gulstan F
Ropert, Bishop of Panopolis and Vicar
Apostolic of the Catholic Mission in the
islands. which took place on January Z.
More than 1900 people attended the serv-
ices and there was a long cortege led by
the Government band Business was prac-
tically suspended while the funeral was
in progress. The late Bishop had been
connected with church work here since
1858 and had been Bishop since 1892
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-17
JURY ACQUITS DIsBRoW
OF CHARGE OF MURDER
Prosecution Unable to Connect Him
With the Killing Of Clarence
Foster

RIVERSHEAD, L. l., Jan. 1s-Louis
A. Disbrow was acquitted to-day of the
charge of killing Clarence Foster at Good
Ground on the night of June g. The YER
dict was reached by the jury after brief
deliberation. The case of the prosecution
throughout was weak, the strongest point
made against the accused being that he
was the last person seen with Foster and
Miss Lawrence on the night of the trag-
edy The contention of the defense was
that Foster and the girl committed sui
eide.
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-17
South Vallejo Wharf Improvements.

VALLEJO, Jan. 1s.-The new slip for
the railroad boat at South Vallejo wharf
is completed, and work on improvements
for the convenience of passengers and
traffic is being pushed rapidly Dredging
is nearly finished, and there is a depth
Of nearly eleven feet in the slip at low
tide The railroad boat will have a di-
rect course to Vallejo Junction, and can
always quickly enter the slip regardless
Of wind or tide. Ground is being prepared
for the laying of new tracks, which will
enable two passenger trains TO arrive and
discharge passengers kat the same time.
4 new freight platform is completed.