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Successful Career Hotel Business Become. One
Best Known Hotel Projectors.

sonal friend OF Senator T. D. Sullivan. and
Assembly Mr.. Roblee said to George 7. Scan
nell. Il have not the money. time or inclina-
ton for politics. MIR. Scannell replied: We'll,
Roblee. you've got no chance to win. but
we will pay your ex pcnses," So. to oblige the
party and Croker. MIR. Roblee became a
martyr to the cause. II elected. what possi-
bilities might have occurred. Perhaps he
would have been placed on the list as a possible
candidate for Mayor or Governor; but business
and the Belleelaire would have doomed up
and stopped all. Statistics are dry matters,
but when ono has two large hotels to control
they become luminous factors In ones daily
routine. The Belleclaire cost s85o.OoO to
build. The ground cost S2So.OO0 and the
furnishings Of the house were. at actual cost.
sl22.OO0. The monthly rent Of the Belleclare
and Bartholdi is $40. 900 and the wage account
Of 200 employees over $1,000 per month.
The market bills are $1,000 per month. When
Mr.. Roblee went with NJ. B. Curtis In sam Of
Posen- he got 40 per week. and no now handles
over $4,000 per months slight difference.
A large factor In tho success Of the Belle
claire. Mr.. Robles believes. 10 not 30 much
due to personal popularity or close business
methods a. to his manner Of advertising.
his style being Is far as possible out Of the
conventional beaten track He was the first
to introduce high GLASS vaudeville artists to
give performances at hotel. Thursday
evenings being the vaudeville nights. Tho
orchestra at the Bellsclaire costs "a. 900 year
and is exceptionally fine. These unusual at
fractions bring people to the hotel. Mr..
Roblee has worked in every department
Of hotel. blends all his own liquors and has
had full experience in everything from wait
ing on the table to cutting up the meats from
the carcass. 1t takes him five hours a day
at the Belleclaire and three at the Bartholdi
to audit the previous days business. Every
employee is told when he takes his position
that one thing is absolutely essential that he
remain in Mr.. Robles's employ. and that Ia
universal courtesy to guests Of the hotel.
Affability and courtesy under any and all
circumstances are imperative and can always
be obtained from employees OF the Belle
claire or Bartholdi. Mr.. Roblee himself
has never failing stock Of urbanlty on hand.
and in all his experience In the hotel business
has never failed TO thoroughly agree with
a complaining guest. II the guest does not
like his mattress. for instance. although
it is frst-class. every mattress In the Belle
claire having cost $4,000. and there are 200
of them. Mr. Roblee will have ono made for
him il necessary sooner than have him dis
satisfied. II a person takes a suite Of rooms
for several months occupancy and does
not like the wall paper In any room. It viii
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be changed to suit. The same applies to the
carpets. furnishings. DC. because, as Mr..
Robee says, well-satisfied guest il Il walking
advertisement for the hotel, for he will tell
others how well he has been treated and more
than balance whatever extra expenditure
has been necessary by the good words he will
scatter around.
With MIR. Roblee at the Belleclaire are his
wife and three children. Norman Miller,
aged u. who is being educated at stanton
Military Academy. stanton. Va: Frances
Edna aged H. and Dorothy Agnes, aged 0.
The family formerly comprised six children,
but three are dead, Mrs Roblee whose pict-
ure shows her to be a beautiful woman. is
one of the most charming and cOmpanionabls
Of wives. She was q Miss Mller OF Chicago,
and her father. Arthur Miller. was Il prom
ineDt real estate man there. Her uncle
is president of the Illinois State Bank and
her grandfather was the owner OF the theatre
where Mr.. Robee was playing when he first
neither, That Mr., Koblee WIS as successful In
his wooinR ~ he has been IN everything else
is shown in the tact that while he was play
ing in Topeka Miss Miller deserted Chicago
az his Invitation and became Mrs. RobIoe
on arriving at Topeka and then remembered
that she had forgotten TO NOTIFY Der family
before leaving, which WAS then done. and as
after events have uanspirsd Mrs. kob!ee
considers It the best journey she ever made
Al birthday dinner given In her honor at
the Il Otel BelleclalTe on July ~ Last this Was
Mr. Roblee's toast to his wife
To day Of all days. sweet wife, mn-.
ratulatioDs. health. hsppiE css-Tsy they eyer
be tbins,
Ana ~ the years 20 nov quickly they ayi
Nss sorrow saa trouble p&ss Wv BY
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APARTMENT aorMA Al APAR1MEsT n0rnlA
Remarkable STORY OF MILTON R0BLEE, ACTOR and BoNFAcEE

salary as beforeJ 500 permonth. although the
night clerks salary was not usually up to that
mark by any means. After a few weeks Mr..
Stafford gave him charge Of experimenting
the furnishings Of the Imperial. and when the
house was opened. he became cashier, some
time later resigning to become manager
of.the.Barrett House. now the Cadillac. and he
finally became proprietor OF the Hotel Bar
tholdi, Broadway and Twsnty-third street.
which he opened In 1895. This hotel had
never. up to this time. been very successful.
but Mr.. Roblee worked hard. and the hotel
grew apace. Here was field which he had
longsd to enter. and all the Ideas Of which
he had dreamed in the past were now carried
out and blossomed under the care OF the
master. The Bartholdi began to be talked
about and was soon known as one of New
York's best hotels. An extract from one OF
Mr. Robleeis announcements at the time is
a. follows:
Here you will fnd no grand and magnificent
decorations. NO luxurious grandeur. no awe
fare printed in French. no clerks that will
disdain to speak to you. no employees in
any way inattentive. but just a cosey. home
like little hotel that will appeal to the hearts
Of those who are looking for solid comfort,
good. plain American cooking and afiable
and courteous treatment.
MILTON RoBLRE. Proprietor.
Here was something out of the ordinary;
new genius IN the hotel business had arisen.
He had his nerve with him. there was ginger
possessing all the aualihoa tons for success
in business. ihe had not had the means Of
turning them to account; his mind erasped
possibilities hitherto undreamed OF in the
hotel business. and Fortune began to knock
at the door Of the man who had been looking
for years for the opportunity" to carry out
his ideals, and grasped it when it occurred
The late John James ingalls,, United States
Senator fromIKansas. wrote the following lines
on Opportunity:
Master OF human destlnIeS am l.
Fame. love and fortune on my footsteps walt:
Cities and fields walk: penetrate
Deserts and seas remote, and. passing by
Hovel and mart and palace, soon or lato
l knock. unbIdden. once every gate.
II sleeping. wake: II Teasing rise before
l turn away: 1t Is the hour of fate,
And they who follow me reach every state
Mortals desire. and conquer every foe
Save death. Bus those who doubt or hesitate
Condemned to failure. perjury and WOO
Seek nc in vain and uselessy impore:
answer not. and return more. 2
Another opportunity arose when Mr.. Rob-
leo heard Of the apartment hotel which was
being built at Broadway and Seventy seventh
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-18
AGENT SkIPS.
Gyp Moore, Alias D. w. English. Is
 Charged With EmbezzIement.

Coleanor, November 17--A warrant has been sworn out for the arrest of Gyp Moore, alias D. W. English, former oper- ator for the Postal Telegraph company at Bessemer, and recently temporary agent at this place for the Louisville and Nash vile railroad. the Southern railway and the Southern Express company charging him with the embezzlement of about $500 Special agents of both the railroads and officials of the express company have turned their attention to the location and arrest of the young man.
 Gyp Moore's home Is in Bessemer. Sey- eral months ago, while the operator at Bessemer was out of the office Moore is alleged to have sent a bogus telegram to leading bank in Memphis. Tenn, signed by the Bank of Commerce of the former city authorizing the payment to himself of s200. Then he went to Memphis, where he secured the money without any trou- ble, it is alleged. He was arrested, and in the trial, on a plea of insanity was &C., quilted. He was committed to the in- sane asylum at Tuscaloosa, where he re- mained but short time, it Is said.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-18
CLEVER THIEF DEAD.
Jersey Jim" Once Lived Like a Prince
 In Paris.

New York, November 17.-James K. Johnstone. alleged by the police of Eu- rope and America, to whom he was known as Jersey Jim," to have been one of the cleverest thieves in the world, is dead at Trenton, N. J. He was born there and grew up in the church, but suddenly forsaking his Christian asso- citations. he went to California with the 'forty-niners" and opened gambling house in San Francisco. In a year or two he amassed a fortune and moved to Paris, where he lived in luxury.
 When his money was nearly gone he returned to America, and in a few months was arrested for stealing a pair of shoes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-18
REAL ESTATE.
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE. Nice lots on St. Charles ave-. facing Glen Iris at a bargain. Good, well located store for sale in Ensley.
 Elegand home on Eleventh avenue, south, at a bargain. Elegant Broom residence, almost new, at North Haven. Well improved Groom modern cottage on car line at Woodawn. Easy terms. Let us show you this. Elegant home on Highland avenue at a bargain.
 FOR RENT. Nice ground floor office First National Bank Bldg.
 We have rice stores and residences. Call and let us show you what we have for sale and for rent We handle all lines of insurance Loans negotiated. UNDERWATER REAL ESTATE
 AND RENTAL co. Both phones. 613 2017 1st Ave.
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Helena Heights.
REAL ESTATE.
FOR SALE.

$S00-One- cash, balance 12 months; lot 50x1O0 with 10 feet to main alley; has two three-room houses and well of good water. Avenue C.. near 18th st. Here IS a fine little investment.
 sl5OO-Lot 25x1O0 feet, 14th st., near 9th avenue. Can be improved and will pay good interest.
 $6OO-Lot 25x21O feet fronting on 1st avenue, also on Morris avenue, near 10th street. Put house on each front and will bring good rent.
 1OOx140, with two neat five and six room cottages, and two rooms on rear. Avenue F, near 2Oth st. Call for price and terms.
 s325O-Good corner, 1OOx10o, with three houses now renting for s360O and paid promptly; room for another house. Ave nue E and 14th street.
 Fine corner, ' and Groom houses. lot 5Ox19O feet, 7th avenue and 26th street, s62JO.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-18

FOR SALE. s25O0-5-room modern cottage; North Fist street s1400-Beautiful North 21st street lot. seOO0-571 feet fronting IdlewiTd car line. s40O0-193x170 corner Avenue K and Mont- gomery street. sS7h Per Foot-Lovely South 18th street lots. s2750-Elegant West End home. $550O-11-acre tract; improved; only 2 miles. sl10O0-Fine investment; pays s144O. $40 Per Foot-Sycamore street lot. s2500-Avenue F corner 10ox190 s45, 000-Fine large business corner.
 FOR RENT. $25-5-room cottage; Ave. I, between 22d and 23d sts. $27. .5O-6 rooms; 2602 9th ave. $30--5 rooms; 517 N. 23d st. s40-7 rooms; 1908 9th ave. s65-Large 9th ave. house. $115-Large new house; close in. Several stores and other houses for rent.
 MCCONNELL & CARTWRIGHT. Both phones 46. 220 North Fist St.
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SMITH & STlLLMAN.
 2004h First Avenue.
FOR SALE.


 FOR SALE. 20 Residence. Humbolt avenue. Lot Ave. J and 18th street. Si5,u-Lot 11th ave. south. s5750-Residence. Avenue K s45O0-Residence. 11th ave. south. s5750-Residence 12th ave-, south. aooo~75x240 12th ave. and 23rd street. s5ooo-Residence, 18th avenue, south. s25O0-Lot 16th ave. near south 20th street sI5O0-Lot 18th avenue. south. s42oO-Residence. 18th street, south. ssO00-Residence 18th street. south s315O-Cor residence. 18th street. s42o0-Resldence. South 17th street. s95O0-Vacant lot on Highlands. s5OO0-Residence 18th street, south. sI65O-Cor. lot 10th avenue. south. s315O-1OO it. lot Sycamore street.
 w. B. LEEDY & co, Phones 42. 112 North Fist St
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-18
Mrs. WinsIow's Soothing Syrup.

The best remedy for DIARRHOEA. Sold by druggists in every part of the world. Be sure and ask for Mrs Winslow's S Soothing Syrup. and take no other kind. Has been used for over FIFTY YEARS by MILLIONS of MOTHERS for their CHILDREN WHILE TEETHING, with PERFECT SUCCESS. It SOOTHES the CHILD, SOFTENS the GUMS, ALLAYS all PAIN, CURES WIND COLIC. and is twenty-five cents a bottle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-18
REAL ESTATE.
FOR SALE.

We offer the corner of Avenue B and Twenty-first street; 140 feet on Twenty first street, just one-half block from the Seaboard Air Line. This Is one of the best vacant corners on the Southside and can be bought at a bargain.
 5.iOVie BROS. & co. Bell phone 3S4 Woodward Bldg
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-18
NEW BARGAINS FOR SALE.

sl5OO-1Oox165; corner on East Lake car line: with dwelling, store and meat mar ket. renting for $24 per month; good To- cation.
 s1OOO-70-foot lot; with good Broom cot tages: bringing SIP per month; Magnolia Heignts; near car line; this is a great bargain s25c0-25x14O; on 2d ave-, near 18th st. ssOO-25xl4O; on 3d ave, near 7th st. with new Broom touse; now renting for SIG per month
 6. E. THOMPSON q CO., Phone 24 223 Fist Street
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-18
LOST.
STOLEN.


 STOLEN-s25 reward for information that will convict the person who stole from my residence at Owenton a pointer dog answering to the name of Dash; marked white and liver colored; about 2 years old; any information leading to return will be accordingly rewarded. J. Carter Cook, First Ma tiona1 Bank, Birmingham. 11-1S-tf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-18
MONEY TO LEND.

MONEY furnished salaried people with
 out security; easy payments Southern Discount O.. so2 Chalifoux- S-is-tf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-18

FOR SALE-worth it's weight in gold! To you who risk your money upon races and games, this is the book for you. Complete in every sense. The sale of 1t prohibited in some counties. Price one dollar. 800 south 18th street.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-18
SALESMEls WANTED.
BoARDERS WANTED.

FIRST-CLASS room and board. 24O0 Fourth ave Peoples phone 1725.
 i1-15-4. BOARD and nice newly furnished room for two men. 707 N. 18th st. 11-1S-7t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-18
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES.

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES. WANTED-Wide-awak young business man for new manufacturing company; for first few weeks as salesman, then much better position; must take few hundred dollars interest; not over 5000, and be active officer in the com pany; fine business and cleanest profits known; splendid chance for right man; be quick. Box 792.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-18

FOR SALE-At Lacon, Ala. a large com plete brick plant, now in operation: capacity 40 thousand daily. Mrs Eliza A. Orendorff. u-7-tf SIGNS for sale cheap; suitable Tor real estate ads. Hermitage. 2l6 North 20th street <-ntf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-18
Alabama Trust and Savings Company,
FOR SALE.
2OOz First Avenue.


 FOR SALE-10, 900 feet Linen pipe. also 30 tons 2O-pounds steel relay rails, all in good condition. Write J. P. Weller. Birmingham, Ala 10-17-tf FOR SALE-The Vanderbilt Hotel Ca- lera, Ala. Thirty six rooms, completely furnished, water connections. bath rooms, sample rooms. etc. One of the best locations in Alabama. All Louis- vile and Nashville and Southern trains stop right at the door. No hotel in the state has a better standing with the travelling public. On account of failing health I wish to retire from active work and will sell to desirable party at a bargain. For information. terms. etc. address I. N. Breazeale, prop. Calera. Ala. 10-23-e. O. d-1m CHICKENS = White Wyandottes; 1, to make room we will sell 40 pairs Gone cockerel. one pullet), at s2.40 per pair; not show birds, but absolutely pure bloods; order at once. Westelba Poul- try Yards Elba Ala. 11-18-eod St FOR SALE-Lot 5Ox17O; fronts Powderly car, Elizabeth station; donated to New Methodist Church. by MT. Mcclure; well located lot; bargain; no commission to agent; no charge for advertising. Wesley NJ. Smith, care s. Bethea & Co. 11-14-5t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-18

in amounts from $250 to s1O.OOO upon terms to suit borrowers and at lowest market rates.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-18
HELP WANTED.
=. EMACE.
HELP WANTED-MALE.

HELPER WANTED-For sign painting.
 Hermitage, 18th street and End avenue.
 Room f. 10-13-tf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-18
MONEY TO
 LOAN At low rates upon improved business and residence property. No delays. STEINER BROS.
WAN ED.

WANTEDCfustomers for snow cases. iron saies and Carrara paint. Alabama Grocery 10. i-l-6
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-18

WANTED-To build a store to suit a tenant who has well established business and will lease store for or years: reasonable rental; situated east side South Twentieth street near Avenue A. 40x15o feet. Address B. & Co.,, care Age Herald 11-14-7t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-18

AREATED CHURN-One pound butter,
 one quart milk makes three pounds but ter. Agents wanted. Come and see on exhibition daily at D. m, Chicago restaurant, sos north 20th street For particulars apply c. Lignoski, Southern hotel. 11-17-7t
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-12-05

iionaires miners and cattlemen to
Mexican Poems and negro bootblacks
The tributary territory embraces
southern New Mexico. west Texas.
eastern Arizona and the states OF
Chihuahua and Sonora, Mexico In
The winter season tourists, health
seekers and travellers make the
games somewhat brisker During
the fiesta and bullfighting season at
Juarez from December to February,
about twenty-five additional games
are started across the river, El Paso
men usually obtaining concessions
from the MeNicain government and
natives OF Mexico operating the
games.
Col. ''Cy" Ryan, who died about
six months ago and was known 10
the southwes; as the prince of
Gamblers" was n type of the men
who have had much to do with the
prevention 1f crusades against the
games. and he was orderly and pro
yressive. His big place. the Astor
house, is still running. Like Col
Ryan. all other gamblers there dress
we'll, are quite in department, orderly
and sober. They know that a drunk.
N gambler cannot play successful
ly and sobriety Is exacted OF EN-
1loyes as rigidiy as in the railway
ervice. 1hey give most heartily TO
convention ana other entertainment
funds, and by this liberality and de-
corum create friends among people
who do not patronize their places.
out among themselves they admit
hat they are in a nefarious business
nd are ashamed OF II.
The ri Paso gambler is a unique
person In mary instances he Will
Sin the last cent OF a player and
hen give HIM money to live on until
ne can obtain employment. When
lne OF mis- fraternity dies he IL
lenses. including the ever attendant
1enses, including the exer attendant
brass band.
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-12-05
OFFICERS ELECTED.
Arizona Railroads Hold Meeting and
Select New Directors.

0NfSNN NNw OfFGItOFt.
At the annual meetings OF tho
stockholders of the following named
companies held in Prescott, practical
ly all the outstanding stock being
presented, the following named direc-
tors were elected for the ensuing
year:
Santa Fe. Prescott q Phoenix
Railroad company NJ. Murphy, E.
p Ripley. Victor Morawetz, r. Som
ers Hayes. Charles Steele, Edward J.
Berwind. BENJAMIN p. Cheney, u. n.
Gage and Wallace Fairbank.
Prescott & Eastern Railroad com
pany.- + NJ. Murphy, E. r. Ripley,
Victor Morowctz, r, Somers Hayes,
Charles Steele Edward ]. Berwind
and Wallace Fairbank.
Bradshaw Mountain Railroad COM
pany.-F. NJ. Murphy, f. p. Ripley,
Victor Morawetz. II. Somers Hayes,
Charles Steele, Edward J. Berwind,
Benjamin p. Cheney, f.. p. Gage and
Wallace FairDank.
Phoenix g. Eastern Railroad COM
pany.-F. M. Murphy, II. N. Frede~-
icks. A. w. Edwards, j. II. Emmert.
w A. Drake, T. J. Norton and Wal
lace Fairbank.
Arizona & California Railroad COM
pany.-- y. NJ. Murphy. II. N. En-
inert. w. A. Drake. T. ]. Norton and
Wallace Fairbank.
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-12-05
CAPTAIN.

young man from Coalora was
arrested for carrying a concealed
gun and fined $50 and costs.
Jack" Maxwell, an old timer OF
Lincoln county, though of late years
has lived in Tularosa, was In Cap
itan several days.
W. G.. English returned from
Jackson. Mo, where he has been on
a two months visit with relatives
and friends at that place.
Attorney Wharton returned home
via Captain, after two weeks stay
at Silver City and Alamogordo. The
Judge is preparing TO move to Ala.
mogordo. where he will open his Law
Office. and where he already has q
good practice.
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-12-05
Railroad Topics

John A. Ross, travelling engineer
for New Mexico is down from Las
Vegas.
Superintendent E. j. Gibson OF the
Albuquerque Winslow division, Is in
the city from the latter place.
Al Huth. night ticket agent at
Alamogordo. has returned to his pos
from Antonio where he went TO visit
his sick father.
Cause of delay in trains this morn
ing was said to be a slight freight
trouble down the road, though no par
ticulars could be obtained.
II Ia said the Rock Island employs
more negro men than any other
western roau. with the Wabash and
the Chicago & Northwestern next.
Colonel w. s. Hopewel, general
manager of the Pennsylvania Devel-
opment company, has returned to
santa Fe from a business trip to this
city.
u. II. Field, formerly paymaster for
the Santa Fe Central, is now general
storekeeper for the company at Es-
tancia. vice Fred A. Fisher, whose
resignation went into effect yester-
day.
Trains from south and west were
late this morning and none too well
filled. The train from the west came
in about 8: 80. and the train from the
south was about three-quarters of an
hour late.
Freight business on the Santa Fe Is
night these days. on account OF the
coal strike in Colorado and northeast
ern New Mexico. II is understood
that the company is refusing freight
except OF the perishable kind.
The grading Of the New Mexico 4
Southwestern railway is almost com
pleted 10 Lumberton. The line runs
from the timber country around Ell.
bado, Rio Arriba county. The grading
corp Is now working southwark to-
wards Chamita. following the social
ed "old grade"
G. ID. Wolfnger. chief clerk to Gen.
eral Manager w. ID. Lee, went over
the Santa Fe Central Monday with
the pay checks for the Santa Fe Cen
trail employees. those In the employ Of
the Pennsylvania Development COM
pany and New Mexico Fuel and Iron
company. having been paid OF earlier
In the month by Il. b. Field.
T. Il. McMeans, general relief agent
of the Santa eff Central, has been per,
manently assigned as agent as Estan-
ca by General Manager w. d. Lee.
vice Frank e. Barbee, resigned. Mrs.
McMeans will join her husband at Es-
tancia the latter part OF the. week and
they will make their future home
there.
Engineer Re-instated-Chas. Nah.
er. third vice grand master OF the
Brotherhood Of Locomotive Firemen.
of Parson. Kansas. was in A,amogor-
do several days to adjust little mat
ter between the local order and the
railroad Off cials, In which he was sue
cessful. In fact the object OF his visit
was to secure the reinstatement OF
well known engineer. who on ac-
count of a little mishap about a
month ago. got his time. The gentle
men. who is a thoroughly competent
engineer, was taken back, and all is
serene.
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-12-05

Lane says he Is going to try to put
the new one down in fifteen days.
Mr. Lane returned to Ancho by way
of Estey City where he has contract
ed TO sink for the Dividend Mining q
Milling Co.