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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-06-30

cage.
Eddie LAWYER was in the game at all
stages yesterday. and many hot ground
ers were eaten alive. For the past week
or ten days LAWYER has been playing a
remarkable game. While he was a little
shy on hits yesterday his work with the
stick has been right up to the notch on
the recent trip.
Jimmy OBrien is one particular star
that always wrinkles. He is now consid-
cred the fastest third baseman in the
league by several of the experts. He does
not hit so heavy as Delehanty, but he
keeps a world of others from hitting, and
what more could we ask.
Pitcher Partridge outfelder Stump and
Infielder Cannon have been released. In
the practice Cannon showed a tendency
to fight the bali on sharp grounders. and
for that reason could not be used Stump
showed up little weak with the willow.
Partridge had to go as the team was
carrying too many pitchers.
Duffy again has his eye on the ball,
and his vicious swings did something to
the score board yesterday.
Some man who spends his time in
studying dope has figured that Moles-
worth. Millar and crozier are the three
fastest felders in the league. He should
add the names of Duffy and A. Miller and
the list would look better.
Manager o'Brien's friends in the big
leagues evidently think that the Southern
league is made up of a lot of amateurs.
OF three men recommended for Birming-
ham. not one is fast enough for the cot
ton states league. They were boosted as
being cracker-jacks.
Harry Woods is expected to be out of
bed today or tomorrow, and his presence
in the outheld will greatly strengthen the
team. Woods is as fast as creased light
ming and hits the ball nard. He was hurt
In the practice game at Decatur while
sliding to base.
Vaughan seems to have a failing about
hitting the ball when in counts. He
cracked out two nice ones yesterday and
both came at the proper moment.
Clark has developed into one of the
best pitchers in the league, and for games
won he and Fisher of Shreveport and
Wilson of Atlanta are in the race for
records So far Clark has lost two
games. He has lost fewer games than
any pitcher In the league, but he has NOT
played quite as many as Wilson aud
Fisher
Some man in the grand stand threw a
ball to Wilson yesterday which was an
exact counterpart of a baseball but In
size looked like a young watermelon.
have a crack at 1t, but Smitty wouldn [
allow any such liberties.
Smitty recovered his bat yesterday
which is known all over the circuit as
Differ" Its name is printed in big
black letters. and the stick is very much
loved by its owner. Smitty now expects to
batter down all the fences around the
circuit.
Keefe again demonstrated that he is by
far the best umpire officiating in the
Southern league.
Grantland Rice sporting editor of the
Atlanta Journal, is in town with the
Colonels
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-06-30

Some man who spends his time in
studying dope has figured that Moles-
worth. Mllar and Crozier are the three
fastest fielders in the league. He should
add the names of Duffy and A. Miller and
the list would look better.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-06-30

Grantland Rice, sporting editor of the
Atlanta Journal, is in town with the
Colonies.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-06-30

Keefe again demonstrated that he is by
far the best umpire officiating in the
Southern league.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-06-30

Manager o'Brien's friends in the big
leagues evidently think that the Southern
league is made up of a lot of amateurs.
OF three men recommended for Birming-
ham, not one is fast enough for the cot
ton states league. They were boosted as
being cracker-jacks.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-06-30

Harry Woods is expected to be out Of
bed today or tomorrow, and his presence
in the outfield will greatly strengthen the
team. Woods is as fast as creased light
ming and hits the ball nard. He was hurt
In the practice game at Decatur while
sliding to a base.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-06-30

Some man in the grand stand threw a
ball to Wilson yesterday which WAS an
exact counterpart of baseball but in
size looked like a young watermelon.
Catcher Matlnews was very anxious to
have crack at 1t, but Smitty wouldn I
allow any such liberties.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-06-30

Smitty recovered his bat yesterday
which is known all over the circuit as
"Biffer." Its name is printed in big
black letters and the stick is very much
loved by its owner Smitty now expects to
batter down all the fences around the
circuit.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-03-10
LATE AT HER PARTY.
The HOsteas at DevOnshire House
Was Dining Out and Lost Track
OF the Time.

At the duchess of Devonshire's
party on the evening of the opening
of parliament an amusing contre-
temps occurred. A number of wOm-
en- arrived at Devonshire house on
time, descended from their carriages
and mounted the grand staircase.
After disposing of their wraps, to
their surprise they found no one
there to receive them. The only per-
sons in sight were few who had
arrived early, and were trying to
hide themselves, and the distracted
servants. There was nothing else to
do but go downstairs and wait,
which they did. Shortly afterward
the duchess of Deyonshire drove up
hurriedly and quickly took her place
at the head of the staircase and the
reception began. 1t appears that the
duchess was dining with Lady Cos
ford and lost track of the time. A
number of women who were at the
reception have complained indignant
Iy that cabinet ministers and states
men so blocked up the top of the
stairs that it was almost impossible
to get to the hostess.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-03-10
GIVES OLD GIRLS A CHANCE.
The Russian Empress Places Anti
quated Women of Her Realm
Upon Her Retinue.

The czarina has made an eXtraor-
binary transformation in her suite
at the last court. Hitherto her maids
of honor have been chosen from
among the prettiest girls in court.
This gave umbrage to the majority
of the court ladies, who are not
pretty, so this time the czarina sur
rounded herself with retinue of
somewhat withered danes, who have
seen younger days, uncharitable per-
sons say. The czarina is said to
have been so Influenced by a desiredo
place temptation to fiirt out of reach
of the car.
The effect was tremendous per-
sonal triumph for the czarina. She
appeared in soft rose-colored silk in
empire style, her finest diamonds~and
pearls studding her bodice, while she
wore Peter the Greats famous tiara
of diamonds and emeralds with an
egg-shaped ruby in the center, re-
puted to be worth $s.O00,O0O. She
looked an empress every inch, and it
was remarked that the ears eyes fol-
lowed, her everywhere. Hedanced only
with her.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-03-10
BLIND COACH AT COLUMBIA.
DR.. Newell Perry Loses His Sight, But
Notwithstanding Attains
High Scholarship.

Stricken blind at eight years of age,
DR.. Newell Perry is a marvel at 90
Sightless. he has gone through three
colleges and two schools attained two
degrees for eminent scholarship, toured
Europe without a guide or even the
use of a walking stick, and is now
coaching half hundred Columbia stu
dents in the intricacies of higher
mathematics.
DR.. Perry returned from abroad a
week ago. after a three years So
journ. He went through a course at
the University of Munich, where he
was graduated with the degree of
doctor of philosophy. Before his de-
parture from Munich his treatise on
higher mathematics in German was
officially adopted as a textbook by
the university.
DR.. Perry's father was a ranchman
in Shasta county. Cal. and the boy
was prone to ramble. In one of these
rambhngs he was accidentally poisoned
by ivy. which infected his eyes. and
in a week he was stone blind.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-03-10
LOTS TO LOOK AFTER
New Department Of Commerce Ems
wolves Vast Commercial interests
Secretary Cortelyou VIII Have TIN
DistinctiOn of Dealing with thu
Largest Aggregation of Busi-
ness In the World.

The new department of commeTeD
will have the unique distinction of .deAa-
ing with the largest commercial in
terests of the world. In domestic en-
ports, in manufactures, in Transports
tion, and in internal commerce. thg
United States is at the head of tA9
worlds list of great nations. Some 1sg
ures just compiled by the treasury bn
reau of statistics, which by the Dsl
law becomes. a part of the departures
of commerce, estimate the INTERNAL
commerce of the country at $40, 0clgs-
100000, or equal to the entire int sSzzR.-
tional commerce of the world.
In arriving at this estimate of S20s-
000,00O.OO0 for the internal commereD
of the United States, the bureau on
statistics includes only one transactions
in each article produced. while. in fact,
a very large number of the articlez
produced pass through the hands OF
several "middlemen" between those OF
the producer and those of the con-
sumner. The estimate is ba sed upon the
figures of the census. which pnt the
total value of manufactures in 900 az
$4,000, 100000; those of agriculture az
nearly $4.OOO,0OO.OOO. and those of min
erals about 100000 900 Adding 10
these the product of the fisheries, tbs
total value of the products of the greaR
industries in 1900 would be $4,000. OOO.-
600, and the rapid growth in all lines
of industry since 1900. especially IL
manufacturing, seems to Justify this
conclusion that even a single transae-
ton in all the products of the country
would produce an aggregate for 1909
Of fully $2O.OOO.OOO 1000
Estimating the internal commences
of the country at former census years
by the same method. the bureau OF
sta tistics finds that the total interna1
commerce has grown from about ST.
600. 100000 in 1850 to $4,000 600 600 ixR
1850, $6,25O.OOO,OOO in 1870, S7.75O.O00s-
600 in 1880, and $12 1000, 100000 in 1890
It will be seen from this that the in
ternal commerce seems to have In
creased so per cent. in the decade frOna
1890 to 1900, and is ten times as larees
in 1902 as in the year 1850.
During the same period, from 1859
to 1902. the population has increased
from 23.O0O.OO0 to 100000, and *
therefore only 31s times as great as iz
1880, while the internal commerce is
ten times as great as at that time
This relative gain of internal com
merce over population is due, in pars,
to the greatly increased facilities for
transportation, the cheapening of cost
of articles utilized, and the increased
earnings and increased wealth Of the
people The railroads have increased
from 9,O21 miles in 1850 to POI, s39 miles
in 1902, and the estimated wealth 81
the country from $7,135.7 SO. 900 in 1859
to $94,30o,0OO,OOO in 1000 per capita
increase of from sos in 1850 to 81 .2sS
in 1900. This increase in wealth has
been accompanied by an increase in
deposits in banks, those in savings
banks alone increasing from SAB, 431. 13a
in 1850 to S2.597 O94, $50 in 1901.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-03-10
SYRACUSE GIRLS WILL ROW.
Young Women Prepare to Organize
Crew to Compete with other
Colleges.

The girls of Syracuse IN. " uni
versity are preparing to organize a
crew under the advice of Coach James
Ten Eyck with the view of competing
with the women crews at Cornell, Vas
sar, Wellesley, Smith and other insti-
buttons. The fact that Onondaga lake
is four miles from the university and
is the only place for practice has re-
strained the 'coeds," but it is easy Of
access by trolley car and now the new
coach has advised the girls to go ahead.
The other day four of them took prac-
tice in the rowing machine in the gym
nasium. They expect to issue call to
see if enough candidates will respond
to make the venture success. The
girls heretofore have gone in strongly
for athletics and have several teams in
the sports they can follow.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-03-10
IN DICKENS MEMORY.
Tablet Unveiled in House at Bath
Where Author Used to Stop.
1t Was There That the Character of
Little Nell First Occurred to Dick
ems other Characters Had
Their Birthplace There.

The anniversary of the birth of
Charles Dickens was made interesting
at Bath, England. which is rich in as
socia tion with the novelist, by the I'M
yelling of tablet to his memory upon
35 ST. James square, which IS the
house in which the novelist used to
stay.
The house Is additionally interesting
to the lovers Of Dickens because of the
inconteStable evidence in his own,writ-
ings that it was here that the idea OF
the character of little Nell first oc-
CURED to him When, moreover, it is
known that it was at the celebration
of one of his own birthdays that the
pathetic little figure rose In his minds
eye the double appropriateness of the
proceedings is apparent.
The tablet was unveiled by Mr.. Percy
Fitzgerald, president of the Dickens
Fellowship, who also unveiled mural
decoration to Walter Savage Lander.
who was Dickens greatest friend at
Bath. Z
In the evening there was notable
gathering of Dickens devotees at the
assembly room where the mayor pre-
sided at a dinner. The menu card.
sparkled with quotations from the
famous novels, and the toast list was
relieved by songs of the novelist's COM
position. Milk punch such as Mr.. Pick
wick so dearly loved was served among
the wines. The dinner took place in
the identical apartment. still ca lied the
card room, in which for the first time
in his life Mr.. Pickwick fell among fe-
male cardsharpers.
Charles Dickens undoubtedly found
Bath worth visiting for the material it
afforded him. 1t is deyoutly believed
locally that the very name of Pick
wick came from Bath. Everyone
knows how Sam Weller was Disguised
to find the name of Pickwick on the
back Of tho Bath coach, and It - we'll
established that there was landlord
of the White Hart. the coaching ter
minus of that name.
The story goes, too. that Moses Pick
wick was adopted by a. lady who found.
him an abandoned infant by the road
side at Wick, a parish eight miles from
Bath She called him Moses because of
the resemblance of his adventures to
those of the patriarch, and Pickwick
because he was picked up at Wick.
Then it is a much-prized tradition
that the name of Snodgrass belonged
also to Bath. for there was an Alexan-
der Snodgrass who kept the old Gale
DOMAIN inn, now defunct, in Trim
street, Hard by one is shown the
room where the famous "'swarry.'
consisting of boiled leg of mutton
and the usual trimmings" took place.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-03-10
ROOSEVELT vExED BY FAT.
Is Near the zoo Mark and
Is Gaining Despite All Pre-
captions.

President Roosevelt is gaining in
weight at rate that alarms him. He
is near the 200-pound mark and is wor-
ried by the fear that he viii reach it
in spite of all that he can do to pre-
vent.
The president holds thatya man ofhis
height cannot tip the beam at 200
pounds without being classed officially
as STAT"
When he went bear hunting in Mis-
sissippi he weighed 100. That was more
than he ever had weighed before. TWAS
ten pounds more than he weighed
when he was governor of New York
He said he was right at the danger
line. He hoped his tramps through the
swamps and the worry resulting from
his failure to bag a bear would take off
a few pounds. but it didn't.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-03-10
YALE BIRTH RATE.
Married Graduates from 1861 to 1871
Average About Two Chill
dren Each

Glass records at Yale repeat in gen.
eral way the inference of Presidents
Eliot, of Harvard. as to the low birth.
rate from marriages, Harvard grad
yates averaging about two to each
marriage.
Taking four typical cases at Yale
between 1861 and 1872 inclusive. tb~l
latest records show 325 married grad
yates who had 742 children. The deaths
already known leave less than two
children to a marriage, and offset the
deaths of two parents.
The contrast with the Yale graduate;
marriages in the early part of the last
century is striking. There are only
three summarized records in the firstI
third of the century, but these show
159 marriages and 636 children. or al
most four children to marriage.
Out of returns from IS members aoF
the class of 1S1O-which had a total
membership of Sit appears that IL.
had married and had rs children. This
is the first Yale class of which records
are available. In the class of 1926. the
largest ever graduated in an American.
college prior to 1887, there were 325
children, living and dead, returned as
offspring of "a marriages 40 years after
graduation.
Each hundred of graduating mar
riages in the earlier period produced
400 children. the same number Of mar
riages at the last period produced only
about 225 children.
While returns are scant, they do OF
indicate earlier and more prolific rner-
riages of nongraduate members of tho
classes. Thus in the class of 1872. the
largest graduating Yale class up to
that time, the records of which are un-
usually full and accurate, 40 married.
nongraduates had 1O2 children. while
100 married graduates had 261 Children
This record, covering 80 years. was
completed last year.
The indications are also clear that a
smaller proportion of living nongrad-
yates than of graduates marry. going
to confirm the idea that ability to-
graduate implies ability TO support a
wife and family.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-03-10
FIRST WIRELESS NEWSPAPER.
Edition Containing the Latest News
In Published on the Steam
ship Etruria.

The liner Etruria, which arrived
in New York the other day from Liv-
erpool and Queenstown, brought cop
les of the first sea newspaper with
wireless land news. It is a thumb
nail edition, containing items re-
ce1ved at one a. M, when 20 miles off
the Marconi station at Crookhaven,
Ireland, on its last trip eastward.
The whole edition of 500 copies was
of the press at four a. M, and all
the cabin passengers had before
them at their breakfast the gist of
the important news of the week
since they left New York.
The papers contents follow:
"R. d. S. Etruria, Feb. z, 1903, via
Marconi wireless telegraphy:
Venezuelan question still unset
tied; negotiations discussing various
proposals which appear satisfactory
to neither party; meanwhile block
ade continues. Castro inflicted an
other severe defeat on revolution
lists
Senate postponed for week the
consideration OF nomination of DR..
Crum.
Goal famine in New York serious
ly delaying departure of liners.
american warship going to Anna
pala, Honduras, owing to indications
OF general confiagration in the
Central American republic.
lehman. of Yale, awarded first
Rhodes scholarship.
Roosevelt and Hay practically
abandoned hope of senate ratifying
the Alaskan treaty owing to opposi-
ton of senators, north and west.
Brazil decided upon the military
occupation of Acre.
THE sultan of Morocco routed the
pretender.
King Edward confined to house
since Monday by influenza"
When the ship was westbound an
other paper was printed.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-03-10

Mrs. Abram Van Howe, of, Sodus,
N. Y. so years of age. is cutting her
third set of teeth. Two weeks ago she
experienced a peculiar soreness in her
gums, where her teeth had once been,
although she lost them all many years
ago A physician was called in and
found that a full new set ofteeth was
struggling to get through the gums on
both jaws Mrs. Van Howe has never
worn false teeth.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-03-10
A Grain of Comfort for Papa.

Mrs. George CORVALLIS West says
American women beat the world when
it comes to clothes. Let us hope, says
the Chicago Record Herald, The ones
who pay the bills viii hereafter DO 10
more cheerfully.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-03-10
EmpIoxs woman prlver.

DR.. Sarah Barney,- of Franklin, n.
a., employs woman to drive hex
carriage. The woman was COM
sumptive patient, whom the outdooH
life has completely cured. Incidents
sly abe has become an exceDen
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-03-10

Canada's New Pacifc Road.
The new railroad through Canada to
the Pacific coast will pass through vast
regions never heretofore explored.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-18
BRIBERY CASE
OF BUTTE JUDGE
Sensational Testimony on the
Part of the Defense.
MOTION TO DISMISS DENIED
FEMALE WITNESS WANTED BUT
MISSING.

u UTE, Mont, July 17.-Judge Ne
Il Clernan today denied the motion
to dismiss the A. J. Shores dis
bGrment case, declaring that enough Of
the conspiracy 10 bride Judge Harvey
with S250,000 in the Minnie Healy mine
case had been disclosed to warrant an
explanation on the part of the defend
amt The defense opened with the tes-
timony of Lawyers John F. FOrbis. c.
4. Kelly and officials of the Amalga-
mated Copper cOmpany's various con-
Germs, who were called to disclose al
legged discrepancies in the testimony Of
the principal prosecuting witnesses in
minor matters.
Arthur P. Heinze, secretary Of the
Montana ore Purchasing company,
known generally as the Heinze inter-
ests, was the most prominent witness
heard. His examination related eX-
clusively 10 his acquaintance and
knowledge of Mrs. A II. Bracket. a
former friend of the judge, who accuses
the Amalgamated lawyer with at
tempting to bride him. Mir. Heinze de
MED acquaintance or knowledge Of
Mrs Bracket. VINO is desired as a wit
ness in the case.
In the course of the Shores disbar-
ment case today Attorney II. J. Maury
Of Butte testified for the defense that
Attorney Jesse b. Root had told him
positively that Judge Harvey had been
bribed in the Minnie Healy decision:
that State Senator j. NJ. Kennedy had
paid him the money and that the
money had been paid in the Offices OF
a Butte semi-weekly paper.
Maury testified positively by repeat
ing his converse ton with Root, who.
he said, came to him during the
famous Rochester suit and said that
hi
he, Root, wanted him. Maury. to go TO
Rochester and get him to keep his
mouth shut" Maury was attorney for
Rochester
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-18
CAUGHT IN STORM
Waters Came laundering Down
Argyle Canyon, 0emoIiShing
Everything in Path
Special 70 The Herald

Price. July lI-Argyle canyon. some
thirtN-nye miles north of Price. was
visited by a cloudburst and waterspOut
last nigl-. The growing crops of vii
liam. Frank and Farley Warren who
practically own the canyon from its
mouth at Nine Mile creek for five miles
~bove- are ruined, and their dwellings
end fencing with other improvements
are greatly damaged.
Above these ranches, mining improve
ments and the cabins Of prospectOrs and
sSteaders ape washed away and fenc-
ing thrown in. There has been consider
aoie loss of cattle and sneep. as Jnat IS
a llne range country. y numerous car
casses have been found where they were
dsned down stream, and il is possible
that the loss 10 livestock Is great, as
the country is remote and cOmmunica-
ton hard to establish though a govern
country with station about three miles
from the lower Warren ranch. Huge
bOulders as large as an ordinary miner
cabin nv the dozens were washed down
IL the field after taking with them or
denolishing everything in their path
Where there were fine growing crops
Yesterday there are today huge sand plies
or great boulders covering the vegeta-
ton William Warren and family heard
the roar of the waters. after watching
the clouds and lightning in their fury,
and saved their lives by fleeing TO the
hills.
The two families living lower down
the stream where the valley widens ont
escaped by wading through the water
un To their waists in their night clothes.
The damage in that section alGne Will
amount TO thousands OF dollars, to say
nothing of the loss of livestock At sun
,nvside there was some damage by flood
Sigh water. which rose many feet above
the banks of tie creek
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-18
LAST EDITION

FOR SAT- LAKE.
Fair and Warmer.