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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-07
NEGRO ATTEMPTS TO
 STEAL LADY'S PURSE
MISS DAVIDSON MEETS WITH AN ADVENTURE WHILE RETURNING HOME FROM WoRK-THE MAN MAKES HIS ESCAPE.

A negro attempted to snatch purse from Miss Davidson, the daughter of James c. Davidson, who lives on Fifth avenue. near Twenty-sixth. last night about 63O o'clock. and in the seuffle which followed she was thrown violently to the ground and her face badly bruised. The negro failed to get the purse and made his escape through the yard at PAT Fifth avenue in front of which house the attempt was made. Several young men followed him, but he outran them and disappeared.
 Miss Davidson is an empoye of Love- man, Joseph X Loeb, and was returning home after work last night. She was walking up the street when the negro approached and grabbed at her purse. She held to 1t and scuffe took place. during which she was thrown to the ground The trouble attracted several the negro.
 favor of the plan were B. Steiner, N. II. sewall, R. w. Ewing and T. H. Motion.
 Report Accepted.
 MT. Motion moved that the report of the committee be accepted and that the club lend it's further aid in assisting the committee, which motion was unanimous ly carried.
 At the opening of the afternoons meet ing President Jackson called attention to the large number of new members that were coming into the club, to the im- provements being made in the furnish- ings and equipment of the club rooms. He stated that it was the intention to take In young men and make the rooms inviting so that they could be used as club rooms proper.
 New Pamphlet.
 He also called attention to the new pamphlet which has been Issued by the club entitled Birmingham and the Bir- mingham district. which was generally conceded to be the most handsome ar ticle of its kind ever issued by the club
 w. J. Cameron, chairman of the spe- cial committee to look into the possibility of getting the union station enlarged, made a short report and asked that the committee be given further time
 A resolution introduced by Dr. J. II. Phillips was passed, which provided for the extension by the club of an invita- ton to the conference for education in the south to hold it's meeting in Rir- mingham in 1904
 N. H. Sewall made a report on his trip to the levee convention ct New Orleans as a representative of the club. A reso. lution was passed favorable to the re- quest of the Pensacola chamber of com merce asking that the Commercial club express it's desire that the North At- lantic squadron put in at Pensacola har- bor when the annual cruise along the coast is made in the next few weeks
 Louisville Party.
 It was stated that party of business men from Louisville would be in Blrming- ham on December 16. which would arrive at o'clock in the evening and deparc at 3 o'clock a. m. A protest was adopted against the hours during which the party will be in Birmingham, and the request will be forwarded that the party en- deavor to make such arrangements that 1t can spend at least few hours during the day time in Birmingham
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-07
TEACHERS ASSN TO
 HOLD SESSION TODAY
AN INTERESTING AND INSTRUCT I'VE PROGRAMME HAS BEEN AR RANGED TO COMMENCE AT 10 O'CLOCK THIS MORNING.

A meeting of the Jefferson County Teachers association will be held this morning in Magnolia hall. The pro- gramme is as follows:
 Subject-Buehler's English Grammar. 'The Classification of Sentences" B. F.. Crump.
 ''Constructions and Cases of Nouns and Pronouns," W. E. Dickson.
 "The Predicate and the Verb" H. A. McKinnon.
 "The Classification of verbs,'' J. H. B. Hall.
 "The Infnitive and the Participle," R. A. Clayton.
 The Phrase and the Clause" E. P. Hogan.
 Some Strong Features of Our Cram mar" P. M. McNeil.
 Some Weak Features of Our Cram mar" J. M. Dill.
 The programme will begin at 10 o'clock. A social meeting will be held from to 10 o'clock.
 The reception committee Is composed of Mrs M. J Richards, Misses Mamie Nor row, Minnie Woodall, Ella Mae Wall, Eula Reynolds Bessie Spencer, Sophia Wells; Messrs. l. w. McAdory, J. M. Davidson, J. w. Letson and H. P. Self
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-07
President Alabama Industrial and Com mercial Association.
Wave of Public Spirit.


 The leading newspapers throughout Alabama have been apprsed of this move- ment of, the commercial bodies and there seems to be no doubt now about A great wave of public spirit and enthusiasm sweeping over the state to make amends for the failure of the legislature.
 A leading business man of TuscaIoosa said to President F. M. Jackson yester- day:
 "If the people of the state could know what the great exposition Is like and could appreciate what 1t means for us to be properly represented there, there would be no trouble in raising $100,OO0 for A. state exhibit and buildings. I think we can raise 5000 in Tuscaloosa easily. and l believe that every city in the state will contribute it's full quota"
 Others have made similar remarks since the return of the committee of the Com mercial club from St. Louis
 J. A. MacKnght, special representa- tive of the Commercial club, has been in- structed to start for the east as soon as possible to secure the services of sculp- tor and of artistic pattern makers to get everything in readiness to cast the great iron Colossus of Vulcan. There are no artisans in the sculpture line nearer thar Philadelphia or New York who can do this work in the right manner.
 The casting of the statue will be done in the foundries of Birmingham and 1t will be made entirely of Birmingham iron. In order that the people may form some definite idea of the beauty and magnitude of the fair, series of illus trated lectures on the subject will be delivered throughout the Birmingham district under the auspices of the Com mercial club soon after the return of MT. MacKnight
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-07

other progressive and public spirited citi- zens, do hereby call the Alabama Com mercial and Industrial association to meet in the city of Birmingham, at the rooms of the Commercial club on Monday, Novem- Der the 18th, there to discuss and formu- late plans looking to the proper represen- tation of the commercial, industrial, min- eral, timber and agricultural resources of our state, in the form of an exhibit at the St. Louis worlds fair We most earnestly urge and request a representation from each association in the state, and that full delegations be present. We respect fully urge that 1t should appeal to the pride and manhood of every proud son of Alabama, that our state which Is rich in resources. should not be humiliated and disgraced by notoriety occasioned by conspicuous absence from honorable con- test with her progressive sister states in the union. Such will be the fate of Ala bama unless her sons come to her rescue. We are with great respect
 CHAS. P. LANE,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-07
Report Accepted.

favor of the plan were B. Steiner. N H. Sewall, R. w. Ewing and T. H Notion
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-09-13

Plaintiff.
versus
Edwin J. Thomas,
Defendant.
Action brought in the District Court
of the First Judicial District of the
State of Nevada, Ormsby county, and
the Complaint filed in said County, In
the office of the Clerk of said District
Court on the I'd day of June, A. D.
1903.
The State of Nevada sends greeting
to Edwin j. Thomas, Defendant.
Your are hereby required to appear
in all action brought against you by
the above named Plaintiff, in the Dis
trict Court of the First Judicial Dis
trict of the State of Nevada, Ormsby
County, and answer complaint filed
therein within ten days exclusive OF
the day of servicej after the service
on you of this Summons if served in
said County, or if served out of said
County, but within the District, twenty
days, in all other cases forty days,
or judgment by default will be taken
against you according to the prayer
of said Complaint.
The said action is brought to obtain
decree of said District Court ag
ainst you, said Defendant, dissolving
the bonds of matrimony now existing
between you and said Plaintiff and fol-
general relief, on the grounds of de
sertion and failure to provide, all Of
which will more fully appear from the
complaint now on file in the Office Of
the Clerk of the above entitled Cour1
at Carson City, Ormsby county, New
ada, and to which reference is here
by made.
And you are hereby notified that i
you fail to answer the Complaint. IT,;
said Plaintiff will apply to the sail
Court for the relief prayed for in salt
complaint.
Clerk.
E. e. Roberts,
ATTORNEY for Plaintiff.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-09-13

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-09-13
Excursion Rates.

Commencing on the 18th OF SEP
TENDER and daily thereafter until Nov
ember .3Oth, colonists tickets will be
sold at the same rates and from
the same points as were in effect last
spring.
From Chicago to San Francisco. s33 DC
From st Louis to San Francisco. 80 &c
From Kansas City to San Fran
cisco 25 OF
From Omaha to San Francisco. Is on
Stop overs will be given in Nevada
For further particulars apply to Sou
thern Pacific agents.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-09-13

First Judicial District Of the State
Of Nevada, in and for the County Of
Ormsby.
Ella M. Thomas,
Plaintiff.
versus
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-09-13

DIRECTORS
T. g. Hickey George Meyers P H. Petersen c. T. 6eaer E. B.
Yerineon l. Lee, D. N. Ryan, r. Golden F. l. Wides
OFFICERS.
Hickey President George r. Meyers list Vice PRESIDENT D. NJ
President w. Richard Cash. and j.
T. Cash. and
TONOPAH BRANCH.
w. Richards Cashier, Tonopah
Cashier,
DEPOSIT PARTMENT.
ONE HUNDRED SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES placed il
hafnch special
BURGLAR
yearly
S. according Full information
furnished application.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-09-13
l!IIiflIl|I|IIIlIIl

Official reports from China an
nounce that the Empress Dowager,
the virtual and autocratic ruler OF
the empire, cannot live more than q
year. II precedent in her case counts
though, what merry mess of things
Monaghan she can make before silt
dies. -
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-09-13
Baked Pork and Beans.

Beginning with one week from to
morrow, Sunday, the Palace Bakery
will be in readiness to supply patrons
with baked pork and beans, to be de
livered each Sunday morning. It will
be necessary to order the evening he
lore
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-09-13

Loet-A yellow and white shepard
dog: last seen Of him was near State
Prison. Finder return to Park hotel
ana receive $3.50 reward. Nv.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-09-13
WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY
TROUBLES.


- So
During the time of the yatch race
at Sandy Hooks, the efforts of a WIRE
less telegraph company to report the
races were baffled by competing
company, which, according to New
York reports, interjected into the dis
patches a lot of odd bits of poetry in
terspersed with ribald jests. The de.
monstratiOn appears to have made
it certain that as wireless telegraphy
is now used it cannot be safeguarded
against wanton or malicious Interrupt
ton of that kind. and very naturally
the affair has given rise to a good
deal of discussion.
AS the law protects every man in
the enjoyment of his property, it IS
clear that if an interruption of a wire.
less telegraph service could be proven
to have been committed unintentior-
ally the court would doubtless give
less damages to the injured party.
There would be. however. a great deal
of difficulty in proving an intentional
interruption and tracing it to any par
ticular individual Hence the necessity
for SO improving the system that the
waves transmitting the message may
be made practically safe from dis
turbance by any other set of waves.
The case is put very clearly by the
New York Press in this way: Proof
is yet wanting that the threat of the
German company to destroy the use
fulness of Marconi's transatlantic SER
vice by erecting wireless pole on the
shores of the North Sea was a vain
one. When a man sends a message.
Will be home at O'Clock, he doesn't
want to have rival wireless company
interject into it a few lines from We
won't get home till morning, or to
have a wireless engaging rooms in
the Savoy, London, caught on the fly
by a malicious German and changed
into TRADE IF abuse against the prOpri
etor of the hotel. The horrid POSSIBLE
tiles of wireless interference are sc
appalling that before the system Can
come into popular use the inventors
must convince the public that they
have securely provided against it
At the recent international wireless
telegraph conference at Berlin efforts
were made to adopt regulations Gov
ering that and other points of inter
est in the new enterprise, but as il
does not appear that the agreement:
will be of much use in that particular
The utmost that could be done wa
the adoption of an article providin
that wireless telegraph stations mus
be so organized as not to interior
with the service of other stations. TIL
agreements, however, will be of NJ
effect unless the various government
of the earth enact laws to enforce il
Even in that case there would T.
trouble, for were telegraph servic
operating in one country the QuestiO
as to which of the countries Shout
have Jurisdiction in the case might
embarrassing In short, the rival con
panies can do is to set their exper
mentors to work devising a syster
that cannot be interrupted, and who's
messages will not require the guar,
ianship of statutes and courts.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-09-13
E. e. Roberts,
Attorney for Plaintiff.
Notice.

WHEREAS under and by authority
invested in the State Board of Exam
iners, by an Act entitled can Act to
the proving up of Indian War an.
Indian Depreciation Claims approved
March 18th. 1903,
NOW THEREFORE,: Notice is here
by given to all persons having claim;
of the character as mentioned above,
which said claims accrued within the
territorial limits of the present State
of Nevada. between the first DAY Of
January, 1860. and the date Of the
approval of this Act, to present them
by petition. showing the items there
of, to the Board within sixty days
from the first publication Of this
notice.
| w. G. Douglass
James g. Sweeney
| State Board Of Examiners
Carson City. Nevada.
DATE Of first publication April 18th
1868.
Attest:
i Samuel Plat.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-09-13
School Supplies at Davis 4 kirman's

Some Of the school children wh1
were 10th to renew their educational
persuits today reported that school
would not begin because the dealers
had not laid in a supply of schoo
books. The bel rang just the same
however, and all sorts of schoo sup
ulies are to found at Davis & Kir
mans.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-09-13
To The Public,

Ice made of pure mountain water
delivered to all parts of the city for
" cent per pound. Leave orders at
Kattleman's yard.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-09-13

Orders for bahed teans must be
med before the middle CT the week for
delivery on Sundays
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-01-21

after they were transplanted the ut
most care was taken to prevent them
from being subjected to any injury by
sudden changes Of climate. After the
second year cuttings were tried in the
open at Niles, Cal. Once. acclimated
they grew with great vigor. Now they
can stand all weather and are found
throughout the great fruit belt In Cen
trail California.
The young wasp emerging from the
WILD fig, bears upon its wings heavy
pollen, barely discernible through the
microscope. The wasp enters the
Smyrna fig at the open end and the
pollen causes the fruit to develop rap
idly and to ripen. The wasp has three
generations each year, which are pro-
duced in three successive crops of the
wild fig, known as the winter, spring
and summer crops. The wasps emerg-
ing from the spring crops fertilize the
Smyrna figs.
This year California's crop. Is we'll
over half million dollars, and II the
young trees now growing bear we'll the
ensuing annual crop will amount to
several times that sum.-New York
Sun.
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WHY WE CAN RAISE FIGS.
Because the Wasp That Rtpeni
Them Has Been Brought Here.

Them Has Been Brought Here.
After more than twenty years Of ex.
perience flg-raising has become sue
cess in the United States. The bulk OF
the figs produced in this country are
grown in Central California, and more
than 100000 pounds Of this once SOLE
lv Oriental fruit. is now shipped annu'
ally from the great "flg belt"
AS figs are the most valuable Of all
wholesale fruits, being worth In the
neighborhood Of $50 a ton in their
crudest state, the discovery Of the Sc
cret whereby the Smyrna fig can be
made to thrive was one of considera-
BILE Importance. The first successful
effort to fertilize the fruit Of the fig
tree so that it will not become "soured''
was made by George c. Reeding, OF
Fresno, in 1898.
Unless the Smyrna fig is fertilized by
a certain wasp, Blastophaga grosso-
rum, the green fruit will not mature.
To introduce this wasp from Smyrna,
the only country in which 1t was found,
was the problem which faced the fruit
growers. For many years attempts had
been made to introduce the wasp from
Asia Minor The Blastophaga was
brought across the ocean In glass
cases and tenderly packed in cotton.
But no sooner did it reach America
than it died and the expectations OF fig
growers vanished.
The Smyrna wasp breeds in the in
edible fruit of the wild fig, and In
Smyrna branches of the wild figs are
hung in the fig orchards at the proper
time. Wild fig trees were introduced
in California and in the season Of fer
tilization their branches were hung In
the orchards. But without exception
the wild figs and the wasps within
them perished, and it was not until the
department Of agriculture co-operated
with Mr.. Reeding that the wild fig tree
and the wasps were successfully i'm
ported.
The first trees were carefully wrap
ped in cheese cloth and then put into
Theoretically sealed glass cases. Even
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7 HE RBR D R NJ E R
By Rev. Charles Nj. Sheldon.
Author of n His Steps, Robert Hardys Seven Days. Etc.
Sheldon
Copyright, 1901, by Charles M. Sheldon

SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS.
John Gordon, heir to riches, refuses
q position in his fathers bank ana
leaves home, father and sister to work
for the people Of the slums. Soralo
money getting and life Of frivolity
are revolting to him. Gordon's society
sweetheart, Luella Marsh, refuses to
share his life at Hope House, IAN
oasis of refuge and strength" among
tenements, saloons and vaudeville halls.
They part. Gordon goes to Hope
House and meets it's head, Miss Grace
Andrews. He decides to join the slum
settlement. His friend, David Barton,
a successful yellow" Journalist with
bad cough, asks him to conduct re-
form page in the Daily News, edited
by one Harris. Gordon considers the
offer. The offer tempts Gordon, but
he scores yellow" journalism. Edi-
tor Harris overhears the conversation,
but gives no sign when he joins Cor
don and Barton. Harris offers Gordon
$500 a month to edit a slum reform
page. Barton's cough grows worse.
Gordon refuses Harris offer because
he thinks Harris wants the page for
sensational, not reform, purposes. Cor
don finds that his father and Luella's
own the WOTSI lSIlSHlSutS Ill lliS Sioilio'
Gordon asks his father to destroy his
illegal, insanitary tenements, but is
repulsed. Luella's father, who owns
the worst dumb-bell tenement, visits it
in company with Gordon. They also
visit a disreputable vaudeville house
near by. The indecency shocks Mr..
Marsh. He promises to do something
about the dumbbell tenement. Bar
toms cough is worse. Mrs. Captain
George Effingham calls and Gordon
learns that Barton has been sending
consumptives to Colorado at his own
expense Miss Andrews tells Gordon
that Tommy Randall, a political boss,
blocks all tenement house reform. Cor
don meets Randall at the bedside of
Louie Caylor, a victim Of the barbar-
Gus tenement system. Gordon and
Randall oppose each other concerning
the funeral arrangements, and Gordon
defeats the boss. Gordon arranges
decent funeral. The dumbell tenement,
owned by Luella's father, catches fire.
There is terrible holocaust. Among
the victims is Mrs. Caylor, Louie's
mother. Hope House is saved by des-
perate efforts. Barton, Gordon end
Miss Andrews do heroic work at the
fire and Barton collapses. Tommy
Randall, responsible for the deathtrap
tenements, poses as the. slum's friend.
Gordon calls to see Marsh, who has
left town, meets Luella and intimates
that her father is responsible for the
death Of over sixty children in his lille
gal tenement. Luella's love is still
warm, but Gordon does not note the
fact, and they part coldly. Barton
dies, a victim Of yellow" Journalism.
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property churlishly ana in an ungra-

~~-S->S
cious spirit.
But as he came back to the scene Of
the fire he said to himself: "Is 1t case
for effusive thanks that this rich man
takes fraction of the wealth that be-
longs to God and reluctantly lets hu-
manity get some pleasure out Of IT.
He broke q dozen distinct ordinances
relating to tenement house construc-
ton when he ordered No. 81 built. He
put up a deathtrap and received money
for It's use. he cowardly absented
himself from a knowledge Of the hu-
man misery that his building housed,
and when a disaster fell directly trace
able to his criminal greed he ran away
frDm the horrors for which bis own
hand was responsible. Was 1t, there
fore, In order that he, John Gordon,
and Hope House and the public should
fall down at the feet Of this man with
ELUSIVE and exravagant praise for
atoning In a small degree for a ire
mendous wrong2
Yet that Is what the public, through
press and pulpit, did when 1t was
known what Mr.. Marsh had done. His
act was lauded as "a most noble e1-
hibltion Of philanthropy" "a splendid
example to Others" fine gift outright
to Hope House-Mr. Philo 81. Marsh
donates $4,000 worth of valuable
property" Mr.. Marsh's minister men,
toned the gift from the pulpit and
took occasion to use the incident to
illustrate the growing habit on the part
Of rich men to give sums Of money for
philanthropic causes. At what time
had that pulpit ever spoken out against
the lawless greed which characterized
this philanthropist when he allowed
his business methods to sink to the
level of barter in flesh and blood be-
cause other men did the same and the
breaking of ordinances was counted q
trivial thing simply because everybody
did It? Is 1t not time that the pulpit
said something in condemnation Of
wicked and un-Christian ways of max
ing money before it says much more
in praise Of those who give what they
have never rightly earned? A philan-
thropist Is not one who gives money to
humanity that he has obtained by
wronging humanity. Such a man is
simply highwayman giving up a part
Of the plunder he has iniquitously stol-
en-.
TO BE CONTINUED.
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simply ran away from the horror Of

simply ran away from the horror Of
the thing, that's ALL
John Gordon rose up and his eyes
cleaned; but it was with hope.
"Mr. Marsh, the past cannot be
changed, but It can be atoned for.
What will you do nowT
II don't know; what can I do?"
"Give us the site of the old dumbbell
tenement for a playground; or, better
| still, help us transform the whole Of
the burned district into a park"
1T will be very expensive"- Mr..
Marsh faltered.
1T has already been very expensive
In the cost Of life. Was Louie's death
necessary? Were all those deaths"-
Gordon was beginning to grow ex-
cited when the thought of Miss An.
drews stopped him. But he had been
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Ohm GORDON was
reading the two
letters that David
Barton had received
from the old lady.
Mrs. Captain George
ERnnhnm The fu-