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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-01
Relief for the Sufferers.

Kingstown, St. Vincent, B. w. l., De- cember 31.-Captain Young, imperial com missioner of the imperial relief fund, who arrived here November F. started today on his return trip to England having completed the distribution of compensa- tion for losses to distressed laborers, peasants and settlers. One hundred and fifty thousand dollars of the fund has al- ready been expended, and $50, 900 of this amount was distributed by Captain Young personally to the sufferers. The latter in clude those who rejected the emigration order issued by General Lewellyn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-01
IN HOTEL LoBBIEs,
Prosperous Year.

The year 1901 brought prosperity, but the year just closing has been even more prosperous in this district" said a promi- nent citizen yesterday.
 Iron and coal have commanded big prices and general commerce in Birming- ham has been far better than ever be- fore. The large pay rolls have caused the retail trade to thrive, and the volume of sales by the merchants has been 20 or 25 per cent greater than last year. Mo- tody has a right to be anything but satisfied, and as far as I know. content ment is the rule.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-01
What is high noon, anyway?
CURE FOR SEA SICKNESS.

Washington.-Signor Mayor des Plan ches. the Italian ambassador. who. al- though he accepted the Washington post
 scarcely more than a year ago, has come to be known as the most popular diplo- mat at the American capital, has discov- cred new cure for sea sickness He dis covered it through personal experience while coming across the Atlantic last summer. While tossing in his berth and facing the proposition as to whether death would not be welcome in his sad condition he decided to look in mirror
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-01
New Years Resolutions.

I do not hear so much of New Years resolutions in these modern days as did in the past" remarked an old citizen and yet just as many good resolutions are made by men now, doubtless, as for merly.
 >"It is easy for a man who has acquired bad habits to swear off on New Years s eve. but 1t is not so easy for him to live up to his good intentions. Still, if man has any character or stamina he can keep the straight path"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-01
CONFESSES TO KILLING BOY.
Indian Football Player Tells the Jury
 That He Shot Comrade.

Anadarko, Okla, December 31.-Grimes Aiken, an Indian school boy and football player, confessed before a coroner's Jury today that he had killed Paul Lorenz, a comrade, whose body was found In a gulch near here yesterday.
 Aiken said that in company with Lo- renz and William Ross, a third Wichita Indian boy, they purchased whisky in Anadarko and drank it on the way home. While firing his revolver, he said, he ac- cidentally shot and killed Lorenz and dragged the dead body Tn the gulch by means of a rope attached to the saddle horn. Aiken was held to the grand jury
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-01
To Cross Desert In a Balloon.

Paris December S.-Mme. de Buraux and Castileon de Saint Victor embarked at Marseillies today for Tunis, where they propose to send up two small bal looms for the purpose of ascertaining whether the winds which prevail in win ter will carry airships across the Sahara desert. If this experiment IS successful the explorers propose an attempt to cross the unexplored portion of the desert in a halIOou.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-01
LUXEMBOURG PALACE
 NOW IN GREAT DANGER

collection of pictures second in interest only to those in the Louvre. The collection consists entirely of the works of living artists or of those recently dead. no pie ture being removed to the Louvre until ten years after the death of the artist. The works of foreign painters are ad- mitted to this collection upon equal terms with those of the French school, subject, to two conditions only-the work must be of sufficient merit and the artist must be willing to take the price offered him by the state. The picture which gains the Prix du Salon at the annual exhibition is usually bought by the state. The pal ace also contains an interesting collec- ton of sculptures by contemporary arr lists and library of over 40,000 volumes.
 The Luxembourg was occupied suc- cessively by monarchs and members of the royal family until the first years of the revolution of 17S9, when it was con verted into a prison. It was afterward successively employed as the place of meeting of the directory, the consuls, the imperial senate, the chambers of peers and the labor committees of 1S4S. Under Ndpoieon III It aBaln became the meeting place of the senate, and on the removal of both houses of the assembly from Versailles to Paris in 1880 the senate for the third time returned to the Luxem- bourg, which had in the interval been occupied by the prefect of the Seine.
 The catacombs the subsistence of the ceiling of which is the cause of the pres ent anxiety about the Luxembourg, were formerly quarries of soft limestone, sim liar to the material of which great part of modern Paris Is built. These ga:- leries undermine the entire Luxembourg district, and on several occasions the roofing has given way, endangering the streets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-01
New Service Established.

Guthrie, O. T., December S1.-The Rock Island announces train service has been established over the newly constructed extension from Lawton. Okla, to Wau- rika, Okla, where connection is made with the main line, thus giving another direct route to Dallas, Tex. The new ex- tension is forty miles long and passes through Faxon and Temple, Tex.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-01
Ambassador Gives Dinner.

Paris, December 31.-A dinner was given here tonight by Ambassador and Mrs. Porter. Among the guests were John C.. A. Leishman, United States minister to Turkey, and Mrs. Leishman, MT. Harri- son, formerly United States consul at Cairo, and Mrs. Harrison and Mrs. Fobst Mccormack. wife of the newly appointed American ambassador to Russia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-01
Vessels Get Special.

Port Au Prince. Trinidad, December 31.- Admiral Douglass. R. N.. today granted a special permit to the Orinoco Steamship company to send it's steamer Bolivia to Cuidad, Bolivia. and for the vessels re- turn here. The steamer Manzahares. now on the Orinoco river. will be coaled by the Bolivia; the Mansanares will also re- turn to this port.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-01
sf ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ALABAMA
Extension of inc Frisco.

| No railroad system in the country has been more rapidly extended. in the
 t two years than the Frisco's, which
 ps part of Birmingham railroad
 t. The recent acquisition of the
 e Marquette road is now outdone
 plans that will carry the great sys-
 to New Orleans on the south and
 Minneapolis on the north, thus giving the Frisco almost unequaied facilities in the Mississippi valley.
 The line will enter New Orleans via Winfield and Alexandria, and extensive terminals have been purchased in New Orleans. It is said to be the intention of the company to complete before the end of the present year a trunk line extending from Minneapolis to New Orleans. North-and-south lines are growing in favor, and New Or leans, Galveston and Port Arthur, as well as our own MODlle, are grOWlHB in importance every year.
 Any extension of the Frisco system adds to the railroad mileage of this district, for it's eastern terminal is here, or at least here and in Chicago. In the long run perhaps the Frisco will secure an Atlantic outlet. With gulf outlet at New Orleans, it may conclude that so big a system needs an outlet at Brunswick, Savannah or Charleston.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-01
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 The greatest generosity is to be mlser with advice.
 When a girl begins to find lot of fault with man she is dangerously near to be- ing in love with him or being his sister.
 Nothing makes bachelor surer that he Is a cipher in her life than for Q mother to ask him to look at the baby taking It's bath
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-01
MUST HAVE BEEN HID.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
 It is claimed in Kentucky that a promi- nept citizen of the state has bottle of whisky forty-two years old. Not much credence is placed in the story.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-01

Venezuela will soon be in position to indulge in a revolution or two, for the foreign hold-up is about to be called off at Uncle Sam's request.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-01

M. Helleu charges the Helleu girl $500 for each dry point etching of her self, and she seems to think it worth the price.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-01
About Persona

J. S. B. Thompson of Atlanta, general agent of the Southern railway, passed through Birmingham in his private car last night on his way to New Orleans. He. was joined here by L. B. Musgrove and. John R.. Ryan
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-01

If you hear peculiar rustling this morning, don't be alarmed. It is the turning over of new leaves.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-01

We have acquired the high-priced meat habit, and the trust sees no req son why it should be broken.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-01

The old has been rung out, and we will ring in the new as we go along. Marconi is sparkling 1t In.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-01

The Chinese immigrant is now fitted to the Bertillon system, and he is completely foiled by it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-01

The new President of Hayti is S5 years old, and he feels sure he will live to serve his country to ripe old age
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-01

so many and many '1adies' and gents restaurants" gents cabins" and so on the example of Chicago should be profit able for reproof.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-01

General Miles is where he can out shine even the Empress Dowager, who dare not cut off his head.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-01

Schwab is still growing healthier and drawing his salary with astonish- ing regularity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-01

The Crown Princess of Saxony Is considering a trip to America-per- haps to Sioux Falls.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-01

The New Year will not at the start today be widely different from the old one.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-01

The Jersey Lily is in our midst. younger than ever.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-01

New resolutions should last the day out at any rate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-01

MT. Schwab will not swear off from his salary today. This is official.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-01

This is the day of dividends and new resolutions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-01

Marriage is sometimes failure-in Saxony.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-01

The sorrows of Mascagni are almost endless.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-01

Brave old Cervera has been vindi- cated even at home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-01

Laura Biggar and the vaudeville stage will soon meet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-01

The coupon clipper clippeth merrily today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-01

E. O. Jones. A. D. Glass and M. w. Carlisle are the only authorized travelling representatives of The AgeHerald In Its circulation department.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-01

called off at Uncle Sam's request.
  M. Helleu charges the Helleu girl $500 for each dry point etching of her self, and she seems to think it worth the price.
  The new President of Hayti is 85 years old, and he feels sure he will live to serve his country to ripe old age.
 If you hear peculiar rustling this morning, don't be alarmed. It is the turning over of new leaves.
  We have acquired the high-priced meat habit, and the trust sees no req son why it should be broken.
 -.s-- The old has been rung out, and we will ring in the new as we go along. Marconi is sparkling 1t In. General Miles is where he can out shine even the Empress Dowager, who dare not cut off his head. The Chinese immigrant is now fitted to the Bertillon system, and he is completely foiled by it.
  The Crown Princess of Saxony is considering trip to America-per- haps to Sioux Falls.
  Schwab is still growing healthier and drawing his salary with astonish- ing regularity.
 The New Year will not at the start today be widely different from the old one.
 MT. Schwab will not swear off from his salary today. This is official. Laura Biggar and the vaudeville stage will soon meet.
  Brave old Cervera has been vindi- cated even at home.
  New resolutions should last the day out at any rate. This is the day of dividends and new resolutions. The Jersey Lily is in our midst, younger than ever. Marriage Is sometimes failure-in l Saxony. The sorrows of Mascagni are almost l endless. The coupon clipper clippeth merrily today.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-07-25
News from All Parts of the World
Carefully Selected from the
Press kilograms.
A Weekly Digest Of the Most important
Facts and Happenings for Busy
Readers.

In Washington. II. c.. the fre.tinged
atmosphere was the direc. cause of
spontaneous combustion that nearly con-
sumed load of hay fresh from the couu-
try AT the corner nf Irving street and
sherman avenue. The hay was owned
by John Il. Hamilton of Silver Spring.
Nd. who was driving the wagon. Swell
tering in the glare cf the hci san. Ham
iltUn was reclining on u seat in the front
of the vehicle when a thin line of smoke
curl,d up over his head. In few min
utes the smoke became more dense aud
Hamilton Suddenly realized that the
weather was unbearably hot. Then he
heard the crackle of flames and tongue
of fire curled around the edge of the
wagon. When Hamilton jumped over the
dashboard to the street he found the hay
to b. roaring furnace. An alarm was
sounded. The engines quickly responded.
and the flames were put out before the
fire had spread to the wagon itself.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-07-25
HARVEST WORK TOO HEAVY.
Many Eastern Young Men Forced
to Quit the Fields.

A score Of young men from New York
City who went to Ness County. Kan.
to work In the harvest fields are working
their way back home by doing chores and
light work. Director Gerow Of the Kan
sas employment bureau received this let
ter from Secretary Brassield Of the Ness
County Farmers Association: NO use
to send any more eastern boys. clerks,
students. etc. to work in the harvest
fields. They cannot stand 1t. Oppressive
heat and heavy grain knock them out.
Some of them have been very ILL., Several
students who are supplied with funds
quit after the first day. They are pay
Ing board and resting in the shade. When
the harvest Is over they will return to
the East and tell Of their proves in the
harvest field"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-07-25
DEMAND CAPTAIN BLUM's HEAD.
Evansville Labor Unions Threaten
to Boycott His Emil overs.

Evansville Labor Unions Threaten
to Boycott His Employers.
A square issue has been raised be.
tween the labor unions and the Business
Mems Association of Evansville. Ind,
over the case of Captain julius Blum.
who was Oh duty ut the Jail the night
the rioters were fired upon with such
deadly effect by the militia. The unions
claim that Captain Blum gave the order
to the militia to fire on the mob and have
demanded that the Cook Grocery Com.
pany, where Blum Is employed. discharge
him or suffer a boycott ut the hands OF
the laborlng classes. The Business
Mems Association has given notice that
Il will boycott the Cook Company II
Blum IL discharged and will appeal to
the people Of Evansville to withdraw
their patronage from the concern.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-07-25
SEVERE NORTHWEST STORM.
Wind. Hall and Rain Destroy South
Dakota and Minnesota Crops.

Wind. Hall and Rain Destroy South
Dakota ana Minnesota Crops.
A rain. wind and hail storm Of great
severity and extending over sections Of
Minnesota. Iowa and South Dakota pre-.
vailed Monday. The crop damage in
Rock County, Minnesota. is estimated
ut xl,OOO,UOO. Bert Rochester was kill
I'd by lightning near Lake Benton. In
northwestern Iowa all crops in the path
Of the storm were destroyed. and tcle
graph and telephone wires laid low. Al
Atlantic the court house. Methodist
Church and other buildings were destroy
ed. While the storm lasted less than ten
minutes. over two inches Of rain fell. The
hail stripped trees Of their leaves and
riddled the growing crops.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-07-25
INJUNCTION IN FAVOR.
Justice Brewer indorses Writ and
Would Extend Its Scope.

JuSttCe Brewer InoOrse0 writ ana
Would Extend Its Scope.
Justice David J. Brewer Of the United
States Supreme Court. addressing the
Iowa State Bar Association ut Des
Moines. defended the power of equitable
injunction and its exercise by the federal
courts. and predicted and advocated a
wider scope for 1t. He said: Unless the
law 10 to place itself out Of harmony
with the advancing civilization, the right
To prevent wrong should have an enlarg
ed rather than a restricted scope. The
cry of government by injunction will
eventually. die out. and 1t will be felt
By oil that the power Is exercised only
when necessity arises and when equity
and justice demands. The diplomacy oil
the government Is now on the highest
plane" continued Justice Brewer. "Not
the Machiavelli and Talleyrand type. but
the John Hay type. marks this govern.
ment among the most unselfish and most
honest Of the nations Of the world"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-07-25
CORPSE FILLED WITH STRAW.
ois,nterment, Of Z Body Revea ais
Bloody Knife.

The remains of Charles Stark. who
lied In the Albany hospital Dec. -. were
iisinterred in the Polish Roman Catholic
cemetery at Schenectady. y. ". and it
was discovered that the trunk had been
stuffed with straw. A dissecting knife
with blood stains on it was found in the
straw inside the body. The mysterious
case opened with the discovery by
George Stark. brother of the decedent,
Of blood OH the fat% of the dead man
while the remains were ut local under.
taking rooms. The inquiry which fol.
lowed was taken into the Albany courts,
but the physicians AT the hospital insist.
I'd that an autopsy had not been held.
The matter accordingly was dropped by
the Albany authorities. The ease will be
re0pcned legally now and an attempt
made to ascertain the cause of Stnrk's
death.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-07-25
May Move Hsadquarte r..

II 10 stated on good authority that the
headquarters Of the Seventh Day Ad.
ventist Church will shortly be removed
from Battle Creek, Mich, to Washing.
ton. Members Of the executive commit.
tee of the church have been in Washing.
ton looking over the ground with view
TO locating the permanent Offices of the
church and its publishing house there.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-07-25
Big League Clubs In Race FOR the
P0nOApt,
Following j. the standing of the clubs
In III, American League:
SNAKE FOUND FAR FROM HOME.
Reptile only Known In the Tropics
Discovered In California.

\ double headed snake thar can back
up as readily NJ Il can move forward
has been added to tn. natural history de-.
parrmant of the Memorial museum At
San Francisco. II is thirty-two inches
long. with the tail blunt NJ the end II
belong. TO tropical species called am
phisbanna. The reptile has hitherto
been only found in South America and
the West Indies. is sluggish. and mostly
nocturnal. How il came To he living in
the temperate zone. 1000 miles from it's
only known habitat, is puzzling scent-
ists
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-07-25
hedges IL Dismissed,

One more head fell into the postotiicc
basket Wednesday. II was thar of
Charles Hedges, t.e superintendent of
free delivery in all the cities of the Unit
cd States. and long the right.hand man
and con6dant Of \. W. Machcn. the in.
dictsd superintendent of free delivery.
Mr.. Hedges Is removed for alleged falsi-
fcatin Of his per diem accounts as a
pustoitce inspector.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-07-25
Chicago Men Plan Colony.

4 deal has been made at Pensacola,
Fla. between the Southern States Lum.
her Company and Thomas +. Hamm and
Frederick W. Brown of Chicago where
by the latter obtains sO,OO acres Of cut
over timber lands In Baldwin County,
Alabama. The purchasers intend to col
onine the tract with western farmers and
stock raisers.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-07-25

platform is as follows: We dcnouncc as.
sassination aud lawlcssness. whether 10
Servia or Kentucky. as destructive of
civilization. and call upon the enlightened
intelligence Of the State through its Leg
islative. executive and judicial agencies.
10 employ remedies to rc-cstablish order
and punish crime within our borders"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-07-25
PRoHlslrioNisrs WIN IN TEXAS.
Saloons In Large Counties Routed
by Local Option Law.


by Local Option Law.
The local option elections in Texas
lave resulted everywhere in victories for
he prohibitonists. The latter have ear
.ied Williamson County 10y 200 major
ity, Hunt by $50. and Falls by 100. all
Of them among the largest counties in
Texas. In Williamson County. the wills
sy men have determined to contest the
election on the ground that the Prohibi-
.ionists inundated the voters and stuff
II the ballot box. and there also may be
a contest in Hunt. The Prohbitionists
have now transferred their campaign to
Bell and Parker counties. both Of which
they will seek to force into their ranks.
The campaign is likely tp be decisive
Tor the whole State. The prohibtionists
nave already carried two.thirds Of the
Texas counties. one by one. meeting with
scarcely a rpulse.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-07-25
Wirdstorm Deals Death.

Seven Illinois towns were struck by Q
cyclone Friday evening, and a number OF
persons lost their lives. while scores more
we're injured. many of whom will die.
Five were killed at Streator and nearly
a score fatally injured. Four lost thei,
lives at Mendoza. while many were seri'
ously hurt. A report was received also
that eight persons were killed by q cy'
clone at Verona. while further loss Of life
10 reported at Ransom. Pontiac aud Ker
nan.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-07-25
Irish Land Maaaura.

The Irish land bill passed its third
reading in the House Of Commons by a
vote Of 81 10 20 In the debate proceed
ing the vote John Redmond the Irish
leader. said that while the bill was de-
fective in some features il would, II
worked in a reasonable and moderate
spirit bring Ireland the blessings Of
peace and prosperity.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-07-25
HARD BLOW DEALT PIcKErlNo.
Injunction Issued by Judge Aoldom
Affirmed by Appellate Court

The Illinois Appellate Court at Chi
cago affirmed without modification the
injunctional order issued by Judge Hol.
dom forbidding the picketing of the kel'
logg switchboard plant in Chicago. The
decision was signed by the three jurists
of the higher court. Judges Freeman,
Baker and Stein. The court took Occa.
sion to censure the riotous and destruc'
tive methods of the strikers. declaring
that persuasion" by means of violence
and chow Of overwhelming force cannot
possibly be considered lawful. The In
junction forbids also the threatening OF
the families of the employees or the intim
idation of employees or persons who wish
to work.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-07-25
Psonags Holly Scored.

The United States grand jury which
has been engaged In investigating peon
age cases In Alabama made its final re
port Friday, returning ninety-nine true
bills against eighteen persons. The prac
tice Of holding blacks In servitude wal
scored from the bench and the jury wat
praised for standing up for humanity
liberty and law"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-07-25
Powder EXPLOSION Kills,

Two persons were killed by the ex,
plosion of dynamite and blasting powder
stored in a magazine near Pearishburg,
Va, fifteen were injured. and about q
hundred others severely shocked.