davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-07-09
GOWN GOSSIP.

The craze for Jet, which is at it's
height in Paris at present, Is beginning
to be felt here.
The shortening of the skirt means
the passing of the full sleeve. The
two cannot artistically exist together.
The fashionable fur next season, say
the importers, will be mole. Already 1t
Is fashionable in Europe, and Ameri-
can furriers have placed immense or
ders for it.
In making up tussore or shangtung
gowns 1t should be remembered that
these materials fit better and look
trimmer if made with plaits which are
stitched fiat at least part of the way.
The fad for oriental effects is in
creasing. Ecru linen suits are trimmed
with oriental gimps and galloons, and
even with bits cut out of old oriental
embroideries, the older and more faded
the better.
The full skirt is certainly coming
back. Not a few gowns are being made
with long straight skirts gathered all
around the waist line and falling in
full folds to the feet in nunlike sever
lily oflline. New York Post.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-07-09
Things Theatrical
Miss Mabel Mckinley Baer's
Ballad s.jAnona" !: Plans
Of tile Shuberts.

Mabel Mckinley Baer, the favorite
niece of the late President Mckinley,
has won celebrity as the composer of
one of the most pleasing musical mum
bers of the day. 1t is played by orches-
tras and bands as an interlnezzo for
concert purposes or as a tWostep al
dances and is also issued as a ballad
under the title "Anona." Mrs. Baer
has been a student of music since child
hood, and during her uncle's admins
tration her songs were pleasant fea.
lures of social gatherings at the White
House.
1t is only recently, however, that the
composer of "Anona' ventured Is pub
lish any of them, and then under the
pseudonym of Vivian Grey. The IN
expected success Of her first published
song brought requests from the pub.
fishers for more, and "Anona' is he1
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-07-09
STAR WOMAN GOLFER.

Experts Praise Work OF Miss Hig-
gins OF California.
Golfers who are keeping a close
watch on the movements of the women
experts are preparing to see some sur
prises sprung in the next women's ma
tional championship The individual
they expect to furnish the chief sensa-
tion is Miss M. Higgins, who won the
California championship last winter.
For several months Miss Higgins has
been golfng over courses in the metro
politan district, and only the other day
played Mrs. Edward A. Manice, the
metropolitan champion, match at
Garden City, n Y.
Miss Higgins won the match by two
up and one to play, and If she had been
able to put with ordinary precision
would have won by much wider mar
gin.
Heretofore Miss Higgins has avoided
the national championships, and for
that reason very little is known Of her
ability in the east. She is an excep-
tionally long driver, and on one occa-
sion, not long ago, she is said to have
made the seventeenth green at Garden
City in two. This is d matter Of 400
yards.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-07-09
OVER THE OCEAN.

The silence which the kaiser is now
maintaining simply proves that even
a sovereign can Philadelphia
Inquirer.
Japan and Russia are both protesting
a determination to be good, but each is
diligently preparing to be bad.-Kan-
sas City Times.
In its economical policy and in its
political affairs a crisis is approaching
in Great Britain the Importance of
which can hardly be overestimated.-
Boston Herald.
Servian methods of dealing with po-
litical opponents recall the anecdote of
the historic character who on his
deathbed was exhorted by his con
fessor to forgive his enemies. Il have
none," was the comfortable reply;
''they are all dead" Chicago Chroni-
Gle.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-07-09
THE YACHT RACES.

King Edward is wishing Sir Thomas
well, but refusing to put up any money
on the Shamrock Chicago Record
Herald.
The new Shamrock is said to be the
handsomest boat that has yet been
brought over by Sir Thomas Upton.
However, it is the watch, not the cam
era, that IS to test It's merits. Wash
ington Star
The international race is likely to be
won by the yacht lucky enough to COW
er the course without going to pieces
on account of structural weakness. The
original America was a seagoing craft,
After this year perhaps the yachtsmen
will return to that kind Of vessels
Buffalo Courier
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-07-09
STATE LINES.

In shipbuilding Pennsylvania stands
first and New York second, while Cali
fornia is a good third.
The number of persons In the peni-
tentiaries of Iowa per 1000 population
has doubled in fourteen years.
Indiana will have a forestry reserve
Of 1000 acres upon which trees will be
grown for distribution while young I'M
der the observation of a school of for
estry.
One of Missouri's unique industries
is the growing Of a kind Of corn whose
cob is specially adapted for pipes. A
group of farmers in Lafayette county
raise 1t extensively. One field Of TWEEN
ty-fve acres produced 1,126 bushels or
corn, worth 1896, and the cobs sold for
S198. The average per acre was $21. 80.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-07-09
THINGS THEATRICAL.

Fay Templeton, it is said, has added
$4,000 a week to the receipts of ''The
Runaways.'
Sir Henry Irving will only use Amer
lean "supers'' during his forthcoming
tour of this country.
George EdWardes has cabled from
London a desire to present Miss Cahill
and her company in Nancy Brown
Frank Currier will play Sir Andrew
Aguecheek and Scott Craven the Duke
Orsino in Viola Aliens production of
Twelfth Night"
1.-THE Queen of Laughter, new
opera by Miss Isabel de Witt Kaplan
and s. w Brady, will be produced
next season by the Bostonians.
Edna Aug will next season be starred
by Leander Sire in new musical
comedy by Martha Morton and A.
Baldwin Sloane, entitled THE Four
Leaf Glover"
George AIDES play which Henry w.
Savage is to produce in the fall is
named "The County Chairman" Mac
lyn Arbuckle has been engaged to play
the leading role.
M. W. Hanley announces that for
next season he will produce 1.-THE Gar
den Of the Gods" the domestic drama
in four acts by True S. James, who
will be starred in the play in his orig
inal character of Douglas.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-07-09
THE POULTRY YARD.

Sunflower seed adds luster to the
plumage
Ducks should not be allowed free ac-
cess to water until they are six weeks
old
If the fowls can have a free run they
will find their own feather making
food.
Feeding young poultry in their house
will cause them to frequent it oftener,
and they can be more easily shut up in
it when desired.
One Of the best plans of management,
during the summer especially, is to
have two sets of roosting poles and
change them every week, setting them
outside when not in use. Flat perches
are much better than round ones.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-07-09

Ration in every sense of the word, and
as result owners arc charging their
Strings" club officials are increasing
che value of their stakes and Jockeys
ana trainers as d whole are receiving
higher salaries.
Now that the once moot question Is
to the superiority Of Hermls, forn1cr
champion thoroughbred Of the east,
over 0IcChesney, the western cham
pion, has been settled in favor of the
latter by the poor showing Of Hermis.
turf sharps are commenting on the
identity of the best three-year-old of
the year Africander, recent winner of
the Suburban handicap, is favored by
many, as also is Irish Lad, the Brook
lyn handicap winner Of this season.
Both horses are sterling performers,
Irish Lads recent defeat by Africander
has not shaken In the least the faith of
his supporters.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-07-09

men than outride him, especially in a
strong finish. He does not believe in
a grand stand finish, but will win BY Il
comfortable margin whenever possible.
Gannon's New Orleans experiences
have placed him well to the fore among
good jockeys. lie is now rated as 4
jockey not to be unconsidered In any
race, His reputation for honor is good,
and when ones money is down on his
horse the bettor knows no suspicious
work will interfere with the mount
coming within the money.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-07-09

Jockey Coleman Is the smallest
jockey in America. he weighs fifty
two pounds. He is so small that the
stable boys have nicknamed him ''the
Atom"
When he jumped upon the scales at
Gravesend, New York, one day during
the recent meeting Of the Brooklyn
Jockey club to make the weight as
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-07-09

Uncle Jock Bowen has his stable of
harness stars at the Woodstock (Yt)
track. He will have one or two that
will be worth watching before the sea
sol is over.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-07-09

fall off. These opinions proved fal-
lacioLis, however, as the youngster not
only kept his seat in the saddle and
finished, but he rode a creditable race,
finishing eighth in a field of fourteen
fast tWo-year-olds.
His appearance. in the saddle during
the parade to the post was SO ludri-
crous that the crowd laughed heartily
and cheered him Justify. Perched on
the filly's back, his appearance called
forth the remark that he resembled a
monkey riding a horse in a circus. His
legs were SO short that they scarcely
reached below the flaps of the saddle.
Coleman is thirteen years old. He is
a son of the city attorney of Sacra-
mento, Cal He has been riding race
horses nearly a year. Last fall he
earned a reputation as a skillful race
track pilot during the Montrose meet
ings by winning four events out Of
seven starts. He is under contract to
ride for Charley Patterson, trainer for
the California millionaires, Burns and
Waterhouse.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-07-09

savable, the game three-year-old
owned by John A. Drake of Chicago,
has many admirers, and there are PEG
pie who consider him to have chance
against Irish Lad and Africander.
But the season Isl young yet No one
can tell what the summer will bring
Forth. Perhaps some astute owner or
trainer has q surprise "up his sleeve"
that is yet to be uncovered. 1T is the
difference of opinion that makes horse
races" 50 some very learned man has
said. Therefore let the remaining big
events Of the year be run before we
make any more statements about the
holder of equine championship titles
Irish Lad owned by Whitney and
puryea of New York, is a son Of Can
Elemas and out of Arrowgrass Afri-
cander Is by Star Ruby and out of
Afric Queen. Savable Isl by the re-
poWned campaigner Of years back, Sal
3ator, and out of Strathfower. Sava-
BILE first rose to fame last season, when,
with Lucien Lyme up, he won the Fu-
turity at Sheepshead Bay, New York, on
which track the Suburban occurs each
year. The Futurity Is we'll known as
the greatest two-year-old event of the
American turf.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-07-09
Fitz says JeR win win.

Bob FitzsiInmons says that Jeffrjas
will give Corbett the worst beating lie
ever received in the ring.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-07-09

John Splan recently stepped his
much touted green mare Bi-Flora a
mile in 2:1S at Cleveland.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-07-09

Hicks, the young colored rider, is most
liable to make his mark among the
new candidates for notice this season.
He follows instructions to the letter
and shows that he can be up and ''at
'em" in any crowd. He has a good
seat in the saddle, figuring as a part
of his mount, and will outrtdes more
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-07-09

IRISH LAD, BRooKLYN HANDICAP WINNER.
sigaed his mount, ninety -four pounds,
be could scarcely hold his forty-two
pounds of lead pad and saddle. His
slight physique and height caused many
calculations Of surprise from the spec
tators.
The opinion was freely expressed
that the lad would be unable to hold
his fiery FLY, Sweet Tone, on which
ne had the mount, and that he would
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-07-09

The gates of Washington park, the
now famous Chicago race course where
the American Derby is run every year,
were first opened on June %, 1884. The
day was an ideal one for racing, IS the
sun shone brightly and a brisk breeze
from off the lake famed the faces OF
the thousands assembled in the stand.
Ge- aral Sheridan, the president Of the
club, came all the way from Washing
ton, where he was then quartered, to
preside in the judges stand where he
had for assistants General Robinson
and Major J. r. Clark of Lexington.
Another Sheridan. j. g., the famous
starter, welded the red flag, and Sec
rotary j. f. Brewster acted as master
of the ceremonies.
The initial race brought out an enor-
nous field and fell to Clay & Co., by
the aid of Admiral, that sold second
choice il the pools, for there was no
bookmaking in those days. Then came
the Lakeside stakes for two-year-olds,
which was won by Wanda, also second
favorite.
This was followed by the first real
Derby ever run in America, and again
a second choice was successful Ed
Corrigan started two, Templehof and
the winner, Modesty, daughter Of
War Dance and Ballot, that had the
black Archer, Isaac Murphy, in the
saddle. The finish was a desperate
one, as the Corrigan mare, coming from
behind, only just got up in time to win
by a short head from Kosciusko, with
Bob Cook a similar distance in their
rear. the time being very slow. 2:43sA
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-03
By Water to New Orleans.

The New Orleans Picayune says the officers and promoters of the Alabama Coal and Transportation company arc in its city for the purpose of taking over the Lake Borgne canal at the agreed price of $500, ,000. The Alabama company is capitalized at S10,000, ,000, and it has been organized in order to inaugurate barge transportation be- tween this district and New Orleans. The acquisition of the Lake Borgne canal gives the new company control of the connecting link between the in land waters of the gulf ana the Missis- sippi river, the mouth of the short ca nal being about six miles below New Orleans, where Lake Borgne ap- breaches closely to the big river. The inside route from Mobile bay traverses Mississippi sound and Lake Borgne. Mississippi sound is protected from gulf storms by chain of islands, and the fact that barge transportation is possible in still waters all the way to and from New Orleans means a great deal to this district. It means that coal, coke, pig iron, steel, rails and heavy machinery need not be reship- ped. The barge loaded in this district can be placed alongside the outgoing steamer, and vice versa.
 As the pioneer barge company of this district the Alabama Coal and Trans portation company has a great field before it, and if it fills that field ac- ceptably it will reap a golden harvest It is none too early to get ready for the opening of the Warrior, and the Alabama company will soon establish a barge line that will meet all present demands upon it. When it's rates to Mobile and New Orleans are announced all will then know what an Open War rior is worth per ton in actual and available rates upon the heavy prod ucts of this district.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-03
THE AGE OF STEEL.
} New York World.

From the New York World.
 From return by Sir A. E. Bate man of the British board of trade are derived some odd facts concerning the worlds production of iron and steel, pub lisned in our consular reports,
 Curiously the greatest iron-ore-yielding countries "per capita are Sweden and Spain. We produce 40 per cent of the worlds iron ore, and from 1899 to 1901 our product grew from 24,0O00O0 to 2S.- GOO tons. while that of Germany fell off by more than a million tons and Brtain's by more than two million.
 Pig iron is the next step. Here Spain makes a poor showing. smelting only a little of her ore. Again we produce near ly 40 per cent, or about as much as Ger many and Great Britain combined; and again we have a rapidly rising produc- tion, contrasted with a falling production in our rivals.
 In consumption of ore Great Britain and Germany surpass the United States, though from 1899 to 1901 our consumption grew from 60 per cent to 80 per cent of theirs.
 It is in steel that our supremacy shows. We convert into steel 80 per cent of our pig iron. Germany 75 per cent. and Great Britain lags with 63 per cent. The steel production of the United States is nearly equal to that of all the world be- sides.
 An extraordinary fact is added by the bureau of statistics of our new depart ment of commerce.: While in 1901 we im- ported less than $1sO0O,0o 600 worth of iron and steel in the year ending last June we imported s52, ,OOo,OOO worth. With 40 per cent of the worlds iron production, half it's steel production and fifty millions worth of iron and steel imports besides to feed the maw of our demand, we still levy for our infant steel industry" a tariff that enables it to tax the American consumer from SIG to sl4 for every ton it makes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-03
Messaae of Governor Ielks.

The special message of Governor Jelks calls attention to the achieve ments of his administration. It in nowise exaggerates the importance of his work for the state; the care of the treasury, the change in the convict system, the introduction of uniform text books in the pubic schools, and the abolition of lynch law.
 There are valuable recommendation in the message. Governor Jelks de- sires to see the states unremuneratiye properties at Speigner's and Wetumpka sold, and fertile fla purchased on which three camps can be located-one for women convicts, one for the less hardened boy prisoners, and one for consumptives. The change proposed is in the line of economy in the long run, and the legislature will make no mistake in adopting Governor Jelks' plan.
 Even more important are the gov ernors recommendation that touch the color lines. He wants power to summon a special term of the Circuit court, so that offenders may be speed fly tried, and all excuse for lynchings taken away He wants state laws di. rected against the practice of peonage, and he suggests far-reaching reforms in the office of the justice of the peace, and the substitution of salaries for fees All of these recommendations are as full of practical good sense as they are of justice and humanity. They would each and all honor the state, preserving her fair fame and name.
 Governor Jelks also calls the legis. lature's attention to the subject of primary elections. He considers it of primary importance. and he says to the legislature, You will not have mat ter of greater importance before you. " This is eminently true, because pri- mary election is the true and only cleo tion in this state, and the voters a. most to man desire to make their
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-03
Cotton In the New Year.

The New York Commercial does not hesitate to say that there is every reason for believing that the southern farmer is going to receive high price for his cotton this year" And manipu- lation will have nothing to do with the high price. It never does advance or depress prices except perhaps tempor- arily. Demand and supply always make cotton prices.
 The crop of 10, ,727,O bales has been absorbed, and none of the best in- formed men on the great cotton mar kets believe there will be crash in prices, simply because the world con sumed in the cotton year just ended L-,275,O0O bales, and no one expects the new crop to exceed that aggre- gate.
 It may be asked, how did the world consume 11,275.000 bales, when last years crop was but 1O,727,00O bales |? There is decrease In the visible sup ply of 100000 bales, and a decrease in the invisible supply of 225,OOO bales, both compared with one year ago. When these losses are added to the reported crop, we have very nearly 11,275,000 bales as the consumption of the cotton year just ended. The visible supply eue year ago was 800, 900 bales; today 1t Is about 50O,000 bales, thus showing that 100000 bales of old cot ton were consumed. The invisible supply relates to stocks in cotton mills and it is conceded that such stocks are 225.0oo bales less than they were one year ago.
 Unless indeed the new crop exceeds eleven and a quarter million bales, there will not be enough cotton to go round, and prices will not go down to stay down. Secretary of Agriculture w stay down. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson does not understand the statis- tical position of cotton when he says it will go down to [ or cents. He knows a great deal about Iowa corn, bus very little about cotton either in the field or in the market.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-03
FRAU WAGNER IS WAGING
 A WAR ON HERR CONRIED

seem sacrilege to the widow. If the mer- its of the case were more generally known there would be wave of popular sympathy aroused which would make the production outside of Bayreuth as much of an imposibility as the staging of the Oberammergau passion play.
 Leaving sentiment aside. the Temple of Music at Bayreuth is the only place where 'Parsfar can be properly pro- duced. The stage there is the finest in the world. I am told.
 But more than that, Frau Wagner will be heartbroken if this great re- into the hand of the money grabbers. Its production in New York would be only the beginning. It would be followed by productions in all the principal cities of the country, which would inevitably be repeated in the European capitals. It would kill Bayreuth and with it the mas ter's greatest dream.'
 MT. Hawes said he was charmingly en- tertained at Bayreuth by Frau Wagner, her son Siegfried and her married daugh- ter. "She is a wonderful personality one of the cleverest women I ever met" he said. "She speaks English without a trace of accent and keeps posted on everything that happens in musical cir cles here"
 All of Wagner's works were published long before the international copyright agreement was made in 1891, and that law Is not retroactives so that 1t does not apply to them The question of pro- prietary rights may. and publication in the sense of printing a score does not carry with 1t performing rights if it is stipulated in the publication that such rights are reserved.
 If this has been done it is the opinion of some experts in copyright here that the Wagner family may make trouble for Mr. Conried.
 MT. Hawes did not explain last night if these rights have been legally reserved or not.