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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-25
Fell Through Bridge.

H. l.. Gregg, a white man, fell through the Twenty-second street bridge over the railroad tracks last night and was pick ed up by Policeman Whaley in an uncon- seious condition. The ambulance was called and he was conveyed to the Hill man hospital, where it was learned that he had not sustained any serious in- iurv. and would probably be able to leave that institution today
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-25

to wait upon their patrons. The thea tres were filled, the fair had it's largest patronage since it's opening ten days ago. and the circus management turned thous- ands away from it's tent.
 It has been some time since Birming- ham presented the animated appearance it displayed yesterday, even the cold, clustering north wind did not check the ardor of the sight-seers or mar the har- mony which prevailed. A prominent citi- zen who has watched the growth of Bir- mingham from it's cradle up said last night that the city never had displayed more activity and vivacity than it did yesterday. He said it would be a very conservative estimate to put the crowds on the streets down as aggregating at least seventy-live thousand people, Visi- tors had been coming in large numbers all the week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-25
MASONS TO HAVE
 INTERESTING RALLY
GRAND MASTER, DEPUTY GRAND MASTER AND OTHER PROMi- NEWT BRETHREN WILL AD-
 DRESS THE FRATERNITY.

The following circular has been issued to the Masons: Dear Sir and Bro.: There will be grand rally of the Ma sonic fraternity at the Masonic hall in Birmingham, Ala, on Thursday, October 29, 1903, at 7:30 p. m., and you are earn estly requested to be present. There will be a spread and several good speeches for the good of the order. The following well-known brothers have been invited to be present and address you, viz: pr. R. J. Redden, grand master. Dr. R. M. Cunningham, past grand mas ter.
 pr. Morris Newfield, 33rd. Dr. J. H. Phillips, 33rd. Yours fraternally.
 JOHN G. SMITH,
 E. N. HAMILL,
 M. T. STAMFORD,
 J. B. COBBS,
 c. P. ORR,
 Committee. The grand master has notified Captain Smith that he would certainly be pres ent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-25
WEIR WILL LEAD MEETING.
Chief of Police to Address Y. M. c. A.
 This Afternoon.

Captain William E. Wier. chief of police will lead the mems meeting this afternoon at 3:SO. His subject will be: Arrested. Tried and Convicted" The singing will be led by MT. W. H. Maxim.
 These meetings last only forty-five min utes and they are said to be bright and interesting from the opening to the close. The Y. M. c. A. management extends a cordial invitation to all members of the association
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-25
Marriage Licenses.

Marriage licenses were issued from the probate office yesterday to the following couples:
 J. W. Jones of Wylam and Miss Lillie Goolsby, Jason Isbell and Miss Ada Is- bell, E. T. Webster and Miss s. A. Brown, w. c. Jones of North Birming- ham and Miss Ella Henderson, John Blair of Thomas and Miss Bertha Reed, Joseph r. Brocato and Miss Carrie Ter rell, John M. Nolan and Miss Jennie Longbothal, J. M. Pasey of Ensley and Miss Ruth Davidson
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-25

prosperous season and we have made our arrangements accordingly"
 J. D. Collins, the shoe man: My trade this season has greatly exceeded that of last and expect it to continue to do so. am no optimist but certainly believe that so far as Birmingham is concerned 1t has no room for the pessimist. The outlook is bright and any unusual depression In the mercantile world would surprise me very much. I would like to see more merchants In Birmingham encourage at fractions In this city to draw the out of town buyers
 Ferd Marx said business was very good and that he was sharing the general pros perIty of the merchants. His out of town trade has been given decided impetus by the great influx of strangers into the city during the past week. who came to combine business with pleasure.
 He considers the outlook for the fut- nre very bright and sees no reason why trade should not continue healthy.
 Louis Saks when seen was too busy to talk. His establishment was literally packed from cellar to garret and when asked his opinion pointed to his clerks who were taxed to the limit to keep up with the demands.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-25
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

The following real estate transfers were recorded at the probate office yes- terday:
 William Bibby and wife to G. W. Sher- ling ct. al. 65 acres in the northeast corner of the northwest quarter of the southeast quarter of section 32, township 16, range 3 west, $500.
 J. C. Hail to Kate Wilkinson lots and 10, block 10 and lot 2, block 1. Woodlawn. se30
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-25
j. [. Cunan Sues Alabama
 Club for $400 ALLEGED ITEMS IN THE BILL
Suit Filed in City Court and Plaintiff Claims Interest as Well as PrlncI- pal-Suits of This Kind
 Very Rare.

I c. Curran has filed a suit at common law in the city court against the AiaoaihS club to recover SASS which he alleges was lost by himself to the Alabama club upon games.
 He alleges in the suit that not only is BASS still due him by account but that the club also owes him interest on the money since he lost it up to the present.
 The plaintiff in the suit is a young man residing in Birmingham who according to the allegations in the suit lost some money at the Alabama club during July and August of this year in various amounts, the total of which is s4Ss
 Suits Rare.
 While a suit of this kind is very rare and this is one of the few ever filed in the state the state laws provide that man can recover money lost in this way or that his wife or friends can sue and recov- CT it.
 The suit was filed by John w. Tomlinson and Ben Davis as attorneys for the plain tiff and the bill is as follows:
 T. The plaintiff claims of the defend- ant the sum of four hundred and eighty eight (4sS) dollars, which sum of money with interest thereon is still unpaid, the said sum of money was lost by plaintiff to the defendant upon a game or games or wager or wagers on towit June B. 1903, $60 June G. 1903, s36; June Il, 1903, $40; June IT, 1903, s52; July ?, 1903, s9O; July 20. 1903. s70; August 16 1903, $60; August D, 1903, ssO. Hence this suit.
 Iteration.
 "2 The plaintiff claims of the defend- ant the further sum of four hundred and eigthy-eight 4SS) dollars, due from him to plaintiff by account on, towit: June 3, 1sOs s6O; June 6, 1903, s36; June Il, 1903. $40; June 1T, 1903, 1852; July 2, 1903. $90; July 20, 19O3 $70; August 16, 1903, $6O; August 19, 1903 sS0 Hence this suit.
 8. The plaintiff claims of the defendant the further sum of four hundred and eighty-eight (4SS) dollars, received by the defendant to the use of plaintiff which sum of money with interest thereon Is still unpaid on towit: June 3, 1903, $60; June 6, 1908, $36: June Il. 1903, $40; June IT.. 1903. s52; July 2. 1903, ssO; July 20. 19OS s7O August 1e, 1903, s6o; August 19. 1903, $50. Hence this suit.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-25
TO ENTERTAIN OFFICERS.
Officers of National Guard and Fair Assn Have Issued Joint Invitation.

Invitation cards have been issued, read ing as follows:
 Hotel Hillman. The Birmingham offi- cers of the Alabama National Guard and the officers of the Alabama State Fair Association. Monday evening" October twenty-sixth, one thousand, nine hundred and three. to meet the officers of Troop c, Seventh United States cavalry. Danc- ing from 9 to l.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-25
CITY ITEMS.

Choral Society.-A rehearsal of the Birmingham Choral society will be be held tomorrow evening in the Jesse French music hall at o'clock.
 pr. SteeIe's Sermon.-"The Country Boy and God" will be the subject of a sermon by Rev. Dr. l. D. Steele to- day in the church at Fifth avenue and Eighteenth street. It will be sermon for boys born and reared in the coun- trV
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-25
Record-5reaking Week. CoIoe,, of (tat,o1.. D.g,.

Sol. Caheen of Caheen Bros:
 Business has been better for the past month than any corresponding month iE many seasons, and the prospects are for continuance until spring. Of course fair week has been q record breaker, and only exemplifies the contention of the Mer- chants exchange, who think that attrac- tions should be encouraged to draw crowds to Birmingham.
 Every merchant in town has benefited largely by the fair and they should all put their shoulders to the wheel and stim- ulate such enterprises. As it is, compar- atively few have been willing to help, but I think there will be better cooperation in the future.
 As to future prospects, I think they are good. We have a city which is equal to any .n the south so far as environment and the general conditions of the wage earners are concerned. look for a lively trade until spring.
 s. Blach, of Blach X Sons:
 We have no complaint to make; in fact, we have had an unusually good trade for the past few weeks. Our overcoat de-
 
 partment has been a little slow but the remarkably mild weather is responsible for that; all other departments have been rushed.
 The fair has stimulated trade consdera- bly, and I know some people have taken advantage of the reduced railroad rates to visit Birmingham more with the view of trading than to see the fair.
 I believe that a weekly excursion on the one-fare for the round trip would greatly benefit the merchants of the city.
 I look for a continuance of the present healthy condition of trade.
 OverWorked.
 A. Hirsch. the milliner, said he had more business than he could handle. Trade with him has been better than he ever anticipated. The past week has shown decided increase of out of town trade and he thinks there ought to be pe- riodical inducements offered to those liy- ing outside the city.
 'I consider the outlook very bright" said MT. Hirsch. 'Everything points to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-25

Madame Post, skin and scalp specialist. can be found by calling No. 1060. Bell phone.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-25

We make all kincs of cuts. The Age-Herald Engraving Co.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-25

Alabama Brewing Go.
 4'Bohemian Bear."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-25
PROSPERITY KEEPS UP IN BIRMINGHAM Merchants Are Busy and See
 Good Trade Ahead REALTY VALUES ARE FIRM The Crowds In Town This Week Have Had a Most Profitable Effect on
 Trade-Many Cheering
 Interviews.
REALTY VALUES ARE FIRM

It is generally remarked in business cir cles that while industrial and oommer- cial conditions in the north are less satisfactory than they were six months ago. Birmingham continues to enjoy high degree of prosperity. Manufactur- CTS, merchants and investors here are ex- ceedingly cheerful and croakers are not to be found Reporters sought a number of prominent citizens yesterday and asked them for their views on the bus mess situation. Their statements follow:
 ". B. Leedy of w. B. Leedy &s Co.,, real estate agents: We have had an un- precedented year. and while, of course. there has been a little lull since the strike, business is as good or better now than it was year ago this month. The fact that I have just leased one big store room for five years and another for seven years shows that other people are cou- fident that Birmingham prosperity is not going to wane. While these bank fail- ures in the north make the local banks little closer with their loans perhaps, but this is no reason for anyone to nave the least anxiety about the business situ- alton.
 A. L. Fulenwider, president Birnnng- ham Realty company: From the real estate point of view the business outlook in Birmingham is excellent. Sales are larger and inquiries are more numerous with us than ever before. Since July [ our sales have been 50 per cent. larger than during the corresponding period last year. It can be stated positively that real estate value in Birmingham will not be lowered. The Birmingham Realty company is in the most flourishing con dition 1t has been since I assumed the presidency.
 w. N. Malone, first vice president Underwriters Real Estate and Rental company: Business is good with us and I see no reason for anyone to be alarm- ed about Birmingham's fture simply be- cause three or four big banks have fail- ed in the north The activity is as great as have seen 1t at this time of the year. Retail Trade. M. V. Joseph of Loveman, Joseph & Loeb
 Business with us for the past week es- pecially has been exceedingly satisfactory. In fact, the fall trade so far has been very brisk The weather has been ideal for shoppers, and they have taken adyan- l tage of it.
 | The benefits from fair week are very | apparent; thousands of strangers have been in the city and by the increase of this weeks business over last. it is clear to me that the merchant, large and small should all unite in an effort to have these attractions Tn Birmingham that draw crowds.
 Birmingham is naturally the trade center of North Alabama, and in enterprise and hustle our merchants can vie with any in the south. Every one of us make a good show and can meet any demand in our several lines
 Regarding tho future outlook. I think there is every indication of healthy trade till spring.
 Record Breaking Week.
The evening world., 1903-03-11

The attending physicians say that Mr..
wilkins'e death may como at any mo-
ment.
Mr.. Wilkins came to new York sew
eral days ago, accompanied by A. B.
Hudson. They Dol apartments in the
waldorf-Astoria. when Mr.. wilkins
was eetred with the stroke Mr.. Hudson
summoned DR.. Robert Adams. when
he learned h gravity of Mr.. wilkins's
condition Mr.. Hudson at once de-
spatched messages TO his friends In
Washington.
Mr.. Wilkins WAS a Representative in
Congress from Ohio fifteen years ago.
With Frank Hatton, ex-Postmaster-
General, he acquired possession of the
Washington Post about 1890. Mr.. Will
kin returned from abroad a month
ago. He has been in III health for sev-
Ell weeks,
Mr.. Wilkins In ffty-seven years old.
He was born in Ohio and was formerly
q banker In ~Uhrichsville. that State. He
vas an Ohio State Senator in 1879.
The evening world., 1903-03-11
STRIKERS CALL
OUT 800 MEN.
Townsend Downey ShipbuiIders,
Belonging to All the Trades,
Quit in Sympathy with the
IronWorkerS To-Day.

The expected strike OF the carpenters,
%joiners. caulkers. painters and men of
other branches OF the s%hipbuilding trade
in sympathy with the striking iron
workers at the Shooter Island yards of
the Townsend-Downey Shipbuilding
Company, occurred this morning. Mora
than Ave hundred men walked out In an
effort to force the company into grant
ing the demands of the boilermakers.
The trouble Is likely to spread to-mor-
row 10 the yards Of other big concerns
in New York. While the trouble at the
Townsend-Downey plant has no direct
connection with the general demands
that have Just been made by the boiler
makers. It has agitated the men. A big
walkout Is expected by the employers.
n steps are being taken to prepare for
n long struggle.
The boilermakers at the Townsend
Downey yards had only one grievance
when they struck two months ago. Two
men not members OF the union a been
employed and their dismissal was de-
manded. When Wallace Downey retused
to agree to their uitmatum a strike
was determined upon.
The places of four-ffths Of tho 500
strikers have already beer filled. The
strikers saw that unless a general tie
UP could be brought to pass they had
no chance of victory. Last week they
set about to start a sympathetic strike
Of other branches of the trade In b
plant and to demand terms of the other
firms that they knew woul not be &C
Mr. Downey is at Shooter Island to-
day. He Will hire men TO take the
places of those who struck to-day as
fas: as they ask for work. Union men,
he says, can go pack to their places at
the terms they had before but he will
employ others without regard TO the
organization to whioh they belong.
Eve have been willing to pay from
Is to 40 per cent. higher wages than are
paid in philadelphia, Newport News
and ohter places said Mr.. Downey'
but when II comes to union men COM
polling us to discharge %non-union men
we stop. Dur yard will be open to all
good men without discrimination In the
future. as 1t has been In the past. or II
will have to close. We have all agreed
to stand by this agreement. M no
matter what comes, this means that II
will be a fight 10 the finish between us
and the unions II they try to enforce
tkeir demands"
The ship-yards OF New York have
mere than IS, 900. 900 worth of work in
hand. A general strike will mean the
Ices of hundreds OF thousands Of dol
lars,
The evening world., 1903-03-11
YOU CAN INTEREST Hit.
Any nan Over Fifty.

You can interest any man over nifty years
Of age in anything that will make him feel
better, because while he may not as yet
have any positive organic disease, he no
longer feels the buoyancy and vigor OF
twenty-five nor the freedom from aches and
pains he enjoyed In earlier years. and he
very naturally examines with interest any
proposition looking to the Improvement and
preservation OF his health.
He will notice. among other things, that
the stomachNof nifty 10 a very different one
from the STOMACH he possessed at twenty
Ave. The greatest care must be exercised
as to what IL eaten n how much OF II, and
even with the best OF care there will be In
creasing digestive weakness with advancing
years.
A proposition TO perfect or improve the
digestion and assimilation Of food is one
which interests not only every man Of nifty
but every man. woman and child Of any
age. because the whole secret OF good
health. coed blood. strong nerves. is to
have a stomach which will promptly and
thoroughly diges wholesome food, because
blood. nerves, brain tissue and every other
constituent OF the body is entirely the
product OF digestion. and no medicine or
hoAibh tOou OAh ponhlpiy cIoato pulo
blood or restore shaky nerves when q weak
stomach IL rsplsnishing the daily wear and
tear OF the body from a mass OF fermentIng.
half-digested food.
No. the stomach itself wants help. and In
NO roundabout way either; II wants direct,
u~nmistakAbls assistance. such as is given
by one or two stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets
after each meal.
These tablets cure stomach trouble be-
cause their use si,ss the stomach z chance
TO rest and rocuperatei one OF stuart's Dys-
Depsia Tablets contains digestive elements
sufncisnt TO digest 1900 grains OF ordinary
food. such AZ bread, meat, eggs etc.
The plan Of dieting is simply another
name for starvation. and the use OF pre-
pared foods mi nsw-fanglsd breakfast foods
simply makes matters worse. as any dys-
peptio who has tried them knows.
As DR., Bennett says, the only reason ]
can imagine Why stuart's Dyspepsia Tab
lsts are not universally USED by everybody
who IL troubled In any way with poor diges-
ton IL because many people seem To think
that because = medicine Il advertised or "a
sold In drug stores or u protected BY .
~ . mAtieF Of truth any druggist Who ~
pbeers1nl knows TIA 6tnArtE DysneDaIa
la1iete have cured mqre p.opIa u lndifSt-
dol hAarllogn, heart trouble. 1efsoas pftg-
ItIAt4h ana r4n-aoAn eondipA e.pSlauk
The evening world., 1903-03-11
As Prophesied by Himself,
Moses Sweetser Passes
Away and a Picturesque
Career Is Closed Forever.
WAS FRIEND OF LINCOLN.
Originated the Trans.Isthmlan Route
to California In Gold Seeking Days
and Introduced Pipe Lines In the
Oil Regions.
Especial TO The Evening world,

LYNN, Mass, March 1.-THE death
OF Moses Sweetser, a personal friend
of Lincoln, Mckinley and James G,
Blaine. closes a career that reads like
fiction.
Here are some OF the things that make
eweetser's name worthy of record:
He was responsible for the introduce
ton Of pipe lines into the oil regions OF
Virginia.
He carried the first party OF gold
hunters TO California. via the Isthmus
of Panama.
He was shipwrecked on a coral island
In Tx Caribbean Sea.
With Daniel Webster's son. Fletcher
Webster. he led a company OF men in
the civil war. He was captured thrice
by the rebels. once by Gen. Fitzhugh
Lee In Virginia.
He was the first man to hght the
Standard OIL Trust and be ruined there
by.
He entertained Major Mckinley with
travel stories for nine hours one winter
night in a freezing railway depot at
Marietta, O.
He was as tall as President Lincoln.
with whom he was intimate. Lincoln
said: MY right hand has lost Its cum
ming since Sweetser shook it."
Sweetser's farewell TO his New York
friends three months ago was: There
are b~arnacles on the old ship. l will
put out to sea In the spring"
Moses Sweetser's prophecy came true
yesterday when he died in his elghtieth
year He was one of a family OF twelve
which came originally from Hertford-
shire. Eng. in 1885.
One of Mr.. Sweetser's sons was Moses
Foster Sweetser. the well-known author,
who died in 1897. The younger sweetser
was for a time assistant editor of the
Atlantic Monthly. He was the author
OF forty books, including histories Of the
various States. and nineteen biogra'
piles,
Moses Sweetser leaves a sister in
Lynn. to whom will fall the Sweetser
estate in Elizabethport. BY, his mar
riage in ls4T he had three sons II one
daughter. all of whom nave passed
away. Mrs. Sweetser died many years
During the gold rush of 1S4s there
were no transportation facilities be-
v'een New York and California. Sweet
ser conceived the idea of fitting out
how Aspinwall, on the Atlantic side of
were transported across the sandy strip
Oh mule trains to Panama, whence
Sweetser's briggs conveyed them to
Juan Fernandez, Cal.
Sweetser could never tear himself
away from New York City for long.
He loved the old and only town." as
he called 1t. He was taken i'll one day
last winter in Washington street and
removed to Smith & McNeH's Hotel.
He was afterward sent to his home in
Lynn, where he declined rapidly. His
ri NNTn AtA &c a
use his own words: "It was time for
the old ship to put to sea-"
The evening world., 1903-03-11
DEATH FOUND
A MISSING MAN.
Police Searched in Vain for
George Fruh, Expert Account
ant, Who Was Associated
with Ronald F. Brennan.

For month. the notice have heen look
go. ~, 90, -. .o..rn,
'"s i"I''eoree run, a" expert e''"n
ant. He was wanted In connection with
the recent meteor, financial career Of
49, n p-..... -. IT,,
young Hohaio r. brehnan' WHO mas JUST
started on a ten-year sentence in Sing
Sing, and they did not find him until
80 H. 80 d. 49,. -.
tney saw MS death notice IN the brook-
lyn papers. ,
Then Detective Roche went I'D 10 No.
o. s,n,yo.or, ovonu. proorir, ~.
home OF Mrs. Margaret Yerkes. and
found Fruh's widow weeping over his
bod she said he had been ont n, ths
-. -
The evening world., 1903-03-11
WOMAN MANGLED
UNDER CAR WHEELS
Ran Into a Newark Trolley Car
and Died Soon After at the
Hospital.
tspsoI.l to IN. Er.nlnu worAl

NEWARK. N. j., March n.-Antonia
6upllanio. OF No. s Railroad avenue, an
Italian woman. was mangled beneath
the wheels OF a trolley a in Market
street. near liberty. about 8 O'Clock
this morning. She was taken from un.
der the car with great diinculty. and
died in ST. James's Hospital.
The accident, which was Witnessed by
a number OF peorsonB who Were on
their way TO work, happened so sud
denly thar the car was on top OF the
woman before II was apparently possible
for the motOrman to stop 1t.
Car No. 3le. OF the New York line.
was going west and was nearing Null
berry street at a moderate. rate OF apeai
when the woman. who had a shawl
about her head, made a dash from the
south side OF the t~horoughfare to the
She trIod to pass in front of the car.
IL Is presumed that the shawl whlch
she wore shut on her view. When the
william 'O'Neil. saw that he
was likely to strike her, he reversed
speed and put on the brakes. but IL was
too late. The next moment the Victim
was ground down undet rhe Whesls.
b uttered no cry, and " u SupDooeA
she was rendered unconscious inimedi-
ateiy. In order 70 set her out II
and when Il Was hn1iy lifted froln ihs
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