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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-29

Mary V. MllieT.
 Tailoring Company.-A declaration of incorporation was filed in the of flee of the probate judge yesterday by the Pipper-Winston Tailoring com pany, capital stock $6000. The incor- porators are Letcher Pippen, William Pippen and B. F. Winston.
 Lecture by pr. Haley.-Dr. Meta T. Haley delivered very interesting and instructive lecture before the students of the Birmingham Business college yesterday afternoon. Dr. Haley took as her subject, "The Young Woman in Business" and treated 1t in learn ed manner.
 Wnnan's terday was Iiillman Hospital day at the Woman s exchange, and from noon until D. m. hundreds of dinners were sold for the benefit of the hospital. The place was crowded and the financial result was highly gratifying to the management. The exchange was beautifully dressed with flowers-American beauties and carnations.
 A Joint Meetine.-A joint meeting of the Board of Trade, the Wholesale and Retail Grocers' association and the Lumbermens association will be held tomorrow night to discuss which are the available candidates for rail road commissioner At present there are but two men announced in the race from Birmingham Judge J. J. Banks, an attorney and T. V. Board man. merchant. There has been much discussion in the joint sessions of these bodies relative to the railroad commissioner from Birmingham, and the consensus of opinion is that they should endorse some one identified with mercantile interests.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-29

Marriage License.-M Marriage H. censes were issued yesterday to Green berry s. Dean and Della Goodwin, George w. Gillen and Ellen R. Thorn ton, Henry M. Raiford and Hessie Gregory, Richard Edwin Jones and Mary V. Miller.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-29

Alabama Brewing Co.
 "Bohemian Beer." !"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-29
CITY ITEMS.

Building Permit.-A building permit was issued yesterday to J. Schawb company, to erect a five-room cottage on Sixth alley between Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets, to cost $750.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-29

/ Genuine Glpsies.--Eight or ten gypsy women in the characteristic costumes of their race were on the streets yes terday seeking those who had curi- osity enough to want their fortune told by a genuine gypsy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-29
TWENTY PERSONS MEET DEATH
 IN AWFUL WRECK IN ARIZONA

Continued from First Pase)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-29

The bill provides that the auditor shall furnish the tax collectors with stub books which are to be kept by the col lector as books of record, the same as license books are now kept.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-12-24
A Promising Field.

II. w. Taylor returned this week from
Spokane. where he had been for some
days in the interests of NJ. T. Nelson's
new invention for saving the gold in
Columbias sand.
He says that three different assays
were made there of samples which he
took. and the lowest was $40 to the
ton. the others reaching over 5000.
a test was made of plates charged by
magnet, and it was found that nearly
all the gold bearing sand could be
saved
Nelson's invention will be perfected,
md it i, confidently believed that it
Will prove a succeeds.
II so. there are millions of ealth
near pasco, awaiting its developing, as
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-12-24
Denmark School Notes.

The school is steadily increasing in
numbers; the enrolment now being
siXty-nine
The advantages Of tWo-roCm school
over the overcrowded one-room school
are becoming evident Some time is
afforded for the important duty of di-
recting the study of pupils, instead of
the continuous hearing of recitations.
a literary society, with member
ship of about thirty. was organized
about the first of Dec. The object of
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-12-24
Estray Notice.
January

There strayed from from my premises
during the fall. the following: two
yearlings, branded straight bar on
both shoulders and summarized. right
swallow fork. left upper bit. Parties
knowing of these two calves will please
notify me and | will charges.
j. II. gibson
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-12-24

all in cultivation
u. About 10 acres in the edge of c ity under
itpb aIl fpnpp1 4 bnrrlip
Mower County transcript., 1903-01-14
Peoples Interests First.

Governor Odell of New York in his
inaugural address delivered Wednesday
took the following pronounced and
sensible position on the relation of cap
ital and labor as affecting the comfort,
and welfare of the masses: =
II believe that wherever the necessa--
ries Of life are inyol Yed s ,in dispute be-
tween employer and employee, that
power should be conferred upon those,
affected to apply to. the COURTS for re-
lief, and that no power should be pos--
sessed by either capital or labor to de-
prive the people of that which is nee
essary for their welfare, but that am
pie authority should be lodged in the
Judiciary to properly enforce it's man
dates and that such disputes, whenever
they arise, should not be permitted to
Interfere with those rights which are
paramount and necessary for the we'll
being of the people. Proper legislation
therefore, should be accorded for arbi-
tration either by amendment or by the
enactment of new legislation.''
Mower County transcript., 1903-01-14
FOR SALE

! offer for sale in Edmonds county
South Dakota, $40 acres of fine smooth,
very productive land free from stone
and five miles from county seat. 420
acres in good state of cultivation, three
miles of fence, plenty of water at
depth of eight feet, one story house
22x32, barn and shed 56x6O, graneries
22x22 and 12x16, farm stocked with
hogs and 50 head of COWS and leased
for one-half the crop, 0ne-half increase
of stock and one third cream receipts,
landlord furnishes seed and pays one
half threshing. This is a part of the
state where people are making money.
and first class dairy location and if
properly handled is far better than q
$25,OOO government bond. Price 500
per acre, one third cash, balance to suit
purchaser at six per cent. I have other
lands for sale at right prices or echange
for. desirable residence property.
.] s.#fgsz HENRY SPAULDING, =.
Transcript block. Austin, Mimi.
= >. =S~Es ,s- 2
Mower County transcript., 1903-01-14
do the whole job in a week and not
work nights either. IL. ,z

I'm kind Of sorry for comrade Van
SAINT, who was so triumphantly reflect
ed, to be let down in the organizin' of
the. house of representative last week
but he's got hisself in part to blame.
If he'd only stayed out of the fte in a
dignified way and throwed the response
bility on the law makers he'd hav done
better. But when his little coterie of
the big four stepped in and issued their
orders that under no circumstances
must DR.. Babcock be elected speaker
and threw their strength to a Minnea-
polls man the dose was too much and
made the majority play Jonah. But
there's no!doubt in Farmer Ben's mind.
that the corporations are in control in
the legislator this winter and what
NAV be done agin' 'em will ,be only
sham and blind. Lots of gumps don't
cs.j'a on that lots of legislation passed
is just blind fixed up by shrewd
manipulators against the people with
alwus some loophole left so that the
supreme court will knock it out years
later. See how 1t was with the in
heritance tax. There was as much
fuss made over passin that law as a
hen makes over a new laid egg and
everybody said it was good to make the
big estates come in for tax once in
every generation. But bless you, you
amt fool enough not to believe that
those that framed that law knew that
it was weak. [ want bit surprised
the other day when the supreme court
threw it out. l spose folks will think
! I'm heritic but want to 60 on record
! that it is my deliberate conviction that
! if the gross earnin's four per cent
amendment had been passed by a
majority at the polls in November it
wouldn't hav been worth a bag of
peanut shucks so far as good law that
would stand is concerned.
FARMER BEN,
Mower County transcript., 1903-01-14
Farming in the South.

The passenger department of the H.
linois Central Railroad Company is is.
suing monthly circulars concerning
fruit growing, vegetable gardening,
stock raising, dairying, etc., in the
states of Kentucky, West Tennessee,
Mississippi and louisiana Every farm
er, or homeseeker, who will forward his
name and address to the undersigned,
will be mailed free, Circulars Nos. 1, 2,
3, 4, 5 and 6, and others as they are pub
lished from month to month.
Of MERRY,
Asst. Genl. Pass. Agent,
Apr. 80. Dubuque, Iowa.
Mower County transcript., 1903-01-14
Tried To Conceal 1t.

It's the old story of murder will
out" only in this case there's no
crime. A woman feels run down, has
backache or dyspepsia and thinks.it's
nothing and tries to hide it until she
finally breaks down. Don't deceive
yourself. Take Electric Bitters at
once. 1t has reputation for curing
Stomach, Liver and Kidney trou bles
and will revivify your whole system.
The worst forms Of those maladies
will quickly yield to the curative
power of Electric Bitters. Only SOC,
and guaranteed by K. o. Void.
Mower County transcript., 1903-01-14
Business Opportunities For All!

Locations in Iowa, Illinois, Mime
sofa and Missouri on the Chicago
Great Western Railway; the very best
agricultural section of the. United
States where farmers are prosperous
and business men successful. We
have a demand for competent men,
with the necessary capital, for all
branches of business. Some special
for creamery men and
millers. Good locations for General
hardware, harness,
hotels, banks and stockbuyers Cor
resDondence solicited Write for maps
and Maple Leaflets Nv. Reed,
Industrial Agent, 604 Endicott Bid 81.
st. Paul, MINI. .
Mower County transcript., 1903-01-14
Excursion to Albert Lea.

IS For the opening OF Albert Lea
opera house. Wednesday Jan. 14th.
The e.. NJ. and st. Paul Railway will
run special train leaving Austin 6:55
p. M. 75cts for the round trip, return
ing train leaves Albert Lea 1l:3O D.
NJ. G. w. SNERE, Agent.
Mower County transcript., 1903-01-14

Speakin' of legislatin' makes me
think of poor president Roosevelt's
trials and tribulations with slow and
impudent congress. Teddy knows
what's what and he has recommended
wise measures for the regulatin' of the
trusts and monopolies but the congress-
men sit back as indifferent as cat to
the moons phases. This problem of
the trust monopolies is gettin' rite
down to the roots of things. It's
question whether the few big whales
are goin' to eat up and devour the little
ones, whether monopoly and combina-
tion and gigantic aggregations of
money are goin' to crush out all COM
petition and kill dead the small traders
and manufacturers or whether they
are goin' to be held down and regulat-
ed in the interests Of all concerned.
Why, spose one or two big department
stores should come into Austin and
crush out all the present traders there,
don't you think it would be a bad thing
for the town? Maybe things mite be
bought leetle cheaper in. spots but
just think Of the effect on the popula-
ton and community and general pro-
sperity. spose that one big corporation
owned half this--county and run the
whole farmin' business with hired help
and gettin' their goods in Chicago and
Minneapolis, don't you think the.
breakin' up Of a thousand farmers
homes would be- calamity2 Now,
why can't congress get rite down to
business, throw off the tariff on coal,
oil, and trust products, pass reciprocity
treaties that haV been hangin' fire for
ton years, regulate the trusts, and re-.
5lieve Cuba? Why, Farmer Ben could
Mower County transcript., 1903-01-14
t'Blanch Walsh"

At Albert Lea Jan. 14th, special
train leaves Austin 6:55 p m. return
ing leaving Albert Lea 11:3O p. m.
Rate 75cts round trip. @. w. SNERE.
Mower County transcript., 1903-01-14
FARMER BEN'S COLUMN.

FARMER BEN'S COLUMN.
( If any folks deserve to be hung
without motifs it is the miserable, grasp.
in, thieyin' coal dealers and operators
and railroads that are in the conspiracy
to balloon the prices on coal. In
Chicago the authorities after due and
deliberate investigation find that there
is lots of coal there on track and that
there is a deliberate and diabolical
plan to extort exorbitant prices from
consumers, and when the coal presi-
dents are appealed to they coolly Civ
out that the present suffering will
prove a lesson to those who sympathiz-
ed with the strikin' miners last summer
and will serve a noble purpose"
That's about the size Of the coal pro-
prietor's heart. Y on could stick twenty
seven of 'em on the point of a cambria
needle and then hav lots of room for
more. The time is comm when the
people won't stand this any longer and
if they get their rage aroused look out
for big trouble and kersmash. Why,
the congressman won't even take off
what leetle tariff is left on few grades
of coal in order to relieve the peoples
sufferin' from cold and freezin'. l tell
you the monopolies and corporations
and trusts hav no more feelin' than a
dead horse and the sufferings of people
don't hav any effect on 'em, but it is a
dirty shame that we can't get law
makers that hav backbone enough to
stand for the rights of the people.
Mark my word, if this extortion and
greed of corporations and this indiffer-
ence of boodlin' congressman goes
much farther unchecked the pendulum
is goin' to swing to the other extreme
and away goes the present administra
tion and party in power.
Now the St. Paul gang is askin' the
legislator for a cool additional million
dollars to finish the interior of the new
state house and they will get it too
Just think of the gigantic swindle OF
this project. They started out with
a estimate of a million and a half and
under no possible squeezin' was it te
exceed two million, and already they
hav got over three million in it of tai
money and the additional million
which the innocent gumps in the legis
| later will vote 'em this winter viii
4 make q total of over four million ane
q that won't be enough. And All TIL,
4 time the tax payers can whistle. L
it amt enough to make a brass monkey
blush with shame I'm a fool JUS
think, out of the 1870 legislators, no.
fifty live in Minneapolis and St. Pau
and not third of the whole lot live i1
the three biggest cities. The rest arr
supposed to represent the roora
deestricks but when st. Paul wants
anything and orders anything the
country amt got as much backbone az
ten days baby. One of the boys says
the country voters amt got no kick
comm because all over the state they
wouldn't leave their work few mint!
last September to vote at the primar,
and left the jig to be set up by profes
, sionals and now they're gettin' the re
suits. ALE samee the big state hous'
, swindle goes on prosperous and befor'
it's done and finished it will get up ap
parently to five million shanty an(
all us common folks must do of cours,
J is to keep our mouths shut and put ul
for it.
| o O o
l SDeakin' of 1eris1atin, makac not
The Tupelo journal., 1903-07-31
"Then you didn't have time to get
it down, did you?"


"Then you didn't have time to get
it down, did you?"
"No-no, l didn't have time to get
it down, mol myself, either. Men
the chist come down together"
Uncle Jacob chuckled' grimly.
The Visitor went over and sat down
on the chest, too, waiting for the
rest. But Uncle Jacob was lost in
"reminiscences - going downstairs
with the chest and coming to-" days
afterward, on a neighbours spare
room bed. After awhile he began to
talk again.
II "a terrible SICK" he said.
Laid up all winter and considerable
used up for going on a year. Them
two f~ingers'-spreading them apart
from their brothers-"was splin-
tered pretty thorough, and my back
got a twist in it. too, somewheres. l
calculate the marrer of my spine got
kind of churned up, going down, and
never quite come to-"
The Visitors supper bell pealed
family in the distance, and the Wis
itor got down from the chest.
"Tm much obliged, Uncle Jacob
he said, politely. '"That's a very nice
story"
well" Uncle Jacob answered, ju-
dicially, "it's got a moral to it. l
hope you see the moral, sonny?
Why, if grandfather hadn't have
bored through to them d~oughnuts,
father wouldn't have put that cleat
on and the chist wouldn't have stuck
and them two fingers wouldn't
have been crooked, nor my back
neither. Land of liberty!-ain't
that a moral longs the moral law?
1t reaches clean through three gen.
erations."
Uncle Jacob rose stifly to his feet.
GOOD bye" he said.
"Good-bye, Uncle Jacob"
Don't you forget the moral, SON.
ny-and don't you forget, neither,
that grandfather was a terrible good
sort of a man-after he owned up. l
don't lay up nothing against grand
father, not a thing. I've been dough-
nut-hungry myself.'-Country Gen
tleman.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-07-31
SHOCKED LADIES OF COURT.
DR.. Lorenz Once Barred His Feet in
Presence Of a Queen.

with the gracious permission of
the ladies and gentlemen here, 1 will
remove my shoes and stockings"
The speaker, according to the New
York Tribune, was DR.. Lorenz, the
famous orthopedic specialist from vi
emma, whose cure of Lolita Armour
and the immense fee which he re-
ceive0 for it have made his name
known over the whole world. Hewas
operating at Rochester at a special
clinic given in the city hospital. His
first case was that of an eight-year-
old boy with a bad example of club
foot. The age of the child made
the work difficult, and in spite of
his great strength the surgeon had
trouble in kneading and tearing the
muscles and ligaments. The floor
was oiled hardwood, and this added
to his difficulties, giving no brace for
his feet. DR.. J.. T. w. Whitbeck, a
Rochester surgeon, said he would
hold him, and stretched out one foot
for DR.. Lorenz to use for a block.
The great surgeon gave one hercule-
an strain and DR.. Whitbeck was sent
flying back ten feet. 1t was then
that DR.. Lorenz made the observa-
ton quoted above.
When he had removed the shoes
and stockings he went on with the
operation, all the time talking to the
spectators, as is his custom. This
time he told a good story with much
humor.
ct is frequently the %case," he said,
"that the slipperiness of the floor
makes it impossible for my feet to
hold sure. So then I do what / have
just done, and remove my shoes and
my stockings. Once / wa called to
Madrid to operate upon the daughter
of a close friend of the queen dowa-
ger of Spain, Maria Christina. It was
a difficult case, and the queen desired
to be present. The floor was slippery,
and | was having a hard time with
my feet. The queen and some Of the
great court ladies stood beside me,
and my mind was in doubt. At last l
said:
eff it please your majesty, | will
ask permission to remove my shoes
and stockings:?'
"The court ladies looked at one
another in establishment, but the
queen smiled.
"sYou are the ruler here, doctor,
and | am your subject she said.
$50 | took off my shoes and stock
ings before the queen of Spain, and
the operation was successful. But I
always felt that the ladies in waiting
were rather shocked about it."
The Tupelo journal., 1903-07-31
BREAKING II ICE.

We had some ofish neighbours once that
moved in, down the road.
We reckoned they was bout the proudest
folks we'd ever moved.
An when we passed 'em now an then we
held our heads zap high
To make dead sure they ouldn n us
If they was to try.
1t really made me nervous, so l tes'
braced up one day
An thought I'd go ahead an show my
manners, anyway.
On Sunday, Std o. turnin' round an
gain at he view,
/ looked at them an says: "Hello!' An
they says: "Howdy dor
1t want the cold an formal greetin' that
you've sometimes heard; .
They smiled an said it hearty. like they
meant it, every word.
It's solemn to reflect on what we miss
along life's way
BY not jes' bein' natural an good
humored day by day.
There's lots o. folks who fling the simple
joys of life aside
Because they dread the shadow of their
own unconscious pride.
And nine times out o. ten you'll find the
rule works right an true
Jes' tell the world "Hello"' and it'll an
swer: 'Howdy dor
Washington Star.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-07-31
Smallest British Coin.

In the British crown colony of
Hong-Kong a coin is in circulation
known as the mil" This is a tiny
copper coin with, hole in the cen
ter intended to take the place of
the Chinese 'cash," which is one
fifty-third Of q penny, and is in gen
eral use among the coolies in the
colony. The mil is one-tenth part
Of a cent, one : thousandth part
of a dollar, and as the silver dollar in
use in Hong-Kong is worth abou.
Is. I'd. it follows that the mil is worth
about one-sixtieth part Of a penny.
This, therefore, is the value Of thu
smallest British coin.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-07-31
Danish Islands Treaty Dead.

Washington, July 25.-The treaty
providing for the acquisition by the
United States of the Danish West In
dies officially died Friday. If Dem
mark should conclude to sell the is
lands to the United States, it will be
possible to revive the provisions of
the treaty which has just failed;
meantime the position of the state de-
partment is comfortable, for having
done its part toward completing the
bargain, the American government, OF
course, could not sanction the sale OF
the islands to any other power.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-07-31
REPORTS.
Reports of the Outbreak of n Revo-
luton I'm Bulgaria Are Semi
Officially Denied.

Vienna, July 25.-The reports that q
revolution has broken out in Bulgaria,
and that Prince Ferdinand has fed,
are semi-officially characterized here
as unfounded. 1t is explained that July
26 is the anniversary of the death of
Prince F~erdinand's father, and that
the immediate object of his present
journey is to visit his grave at Co.
burn, which is his annual custom.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-08-12
Fer Cotton ENGLAND Cries.

IN the house of commons the other
day, replying to William Field, nation
alist, who drew attention to the re-
shipment of American cotton from
Liverpool to New York, thus increas-
ing the famine price of cotton in Eng
land, and invited an inquiry as to the
effect of the system OF future options
on the price of cotton, Gerald Balfour,
president of the board of trade, stated
that the Information of the board OF
trade did not indicate arecentincrease
of the re export Of cotton to America.
The total qut ty re-exported to the
end of July was 10000 hnndredweight
compared with 459 900 hundredweight
for the corresponding period of 1902.
During June ard July the quantities
re.exported were $4,000 hundredweight
and 10000 hundred weight respectively.