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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-28
NEGhCEs ESCAPE MOB LAW.
Arrested for Robbing and Attempting
 to Assault Two White Women.

Council Bluff, Iowa, December 27.-Two negroes were arrested here this afternoon on a charge of having robbed and at tempted to assault two white women F'rt- day night. The house in which the men were staying was later thoroughly searched and several loads of tsolen goods were recovered
 A crowd of several hundred people gath cred when the negroes were brought to the police station, and so strong was the talk of lynching indulged in that the pris- oners were taken to the county jail for safekeeping
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-28
CROWD STAMPEDES
 AT XMAS DINNER
CHICAGO POLICE HAVE GREAT DIFFICULTY IN MAINTAINING ORDER AT HALL WHERE 10000 PEOPLE ARE FED.

Chicago December 7.-During a stam- pede of the 10000 men, women and chil- dren waiting for admission which fol- lowed the opening of the doors of the Coliseum, where the Volunteers of Amer ica today gave their annual Christmas dinner several glass doors were demol- ished and the dozen policemen on duty at the place managed to restore order with the greatest difficulty. In the rush several women and children were knocked down and trampled on, but none were se- riously injured.
 The crowd was the largest that ever as- sembled at such an affair in Chicago and when everyone had been satisfied not a morsel of the tons of food remained.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-28
BOY DIES OF RABIES.
Little Fellow Was Bitten by Stray Dog
 in Caseta, Texas.

St. Louis. December 27.-A little white coffin carried by two stalwart pall- bearers was placed on a southbound train tonight and shipped to Caseta Tax. The casket bore the body of Howard Thaggard. boy of 13 years, who three weeks ago was bitten by a stray dog with which he was playing.
 Fearing hydrophobia, his parents im- mediately sent him to St. Louis for treatment. The disease developed and despite the efforts of the physicians the boy died today after terrible suffering from convulsions of rabies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-28
DOWIE SAYS ADIEU AND
 PRAYS FOR MR. ROOSEVELT

Chicago, December 27.-Preparatory to leaving for Australia. John Alexander Dowie, bade farewell to his Chicago ad- herents at a meeting in the auditorium today. Standing room was at a prem ium. After an all-night watch meet ing in Zion City. New Years eve, Dowie will leave for New Orleans and will travel to San Francisco via the South western route, stopping at various large cities en route. He intends to sail from the latter port January 31, and counts on being back in Chicago next June.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-28
Fire in Washinqton.

Washington. December 27-Three alarms were sounded tonight for fire which oc- cured in the photograph laboratory of the United States geological survey, To- cated in the top story of the Hoe building on F street, near Fourteenth. The com bustible character of the material stored in the laboratory caused the flames to rapidly eat their way through the roof, but prompt action confined the fire to the laboratory. The loss to the survey will aggregate about s6000.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-28
CHINA MAY BE INDUCED
 TO TAKE SIDE OF JAPAN

London, December 2s-The Times Pe- kin correspondent discussing how China will meet the situation in the event of war between Russia and Japan, says that Russia may wantonly attack China, and quotes the remark of Paul Lessar, Rus sian minister to China, answering the query as to what pretext Russia could advance on Peldn, china's sole desire be- ing to maintain an infexible neutrality.
 Lessar replied: "On leur tirera la que quo jusqua ce queils mordent CThey will pull their tail until they blte)."
 The correspondent thinks that Great
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-28
HOWARD COLLEGE MAGAZINE.
Monthly Publication Contains Bright
 Articles by J. T. s. Wade.

The Christmas edition of the Howard Collegian, a monthly magazine gotten out by the Howard college students, makes It's appearance today. It is a neat and bright publication and will contain many unique and interesting features.
 One of the cleverest articles of this e6i- ton is q story written by J. T. S. Wade, entitled the "Golden Tree" which was translated from the original German script. The magazine contains sixty-si1l pages, the largest number that has ever been gotten out in it's history.
 The cover is made of beautiful design to represent holley leaves. J. s. T. Wade is editor-in-chef and J. O. colley is bus mess manager
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-28

clzed the members of the choir for eating candy during the progress of the service.
 As a result of the criticism, deputation from the choir waited upon the reverend gentleman on Sunday and requested a retraction. This he refused to make, and as a result the choir, without an excep- ton, went out on strike.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-28
Much Ice at Louisville.

Evansville, Ind. December 27.-Heavy ice passed this port all day, and there is ice above yet to come. Boats will remain tied up all the week. As all the local boats have gone to Green river there is not much danger to craft The steamer Tarascon that has been icebound near Hawesville for several days got into Green river to1av
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-28

Britain failed to appreciate the signifi- cs nee of the present situation, and adds that the Japanese preparations in con- trast with the policy of Great Britain are more complete, thorough and detailed than the world probably has ever seen. One victory would give Japan immense pres tige in Pekin and might influence China to assist Japan and bring the Russian French alliance into operation.
 The Times correspondent goes on to say that Mir. Uichida, the Japanese min ister at Pe<in, deserves the greatest credit for having checked China from committing herself by agreement with Russia regarding Manchurla.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-28
ALL FOR ROOSEVELT.
New York State Convention Will be
 Held in April, Says Platt.

New York, December 27.-senator Platt announced today that the republican state convention to elect delegates to the na- tional convention would be held in April.
 Senator Platt was asked whether the convention would adopt resolutions in- structing the New York delegation to vote for the nomination of President Roosevelt in the national convention. He replied:
 q suppose the resolution will declare for President Roosevelt. We are all for him"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-28
CHARGED WITH DISSIPATION.
White Man is Arrested Second Time
 for Not Caring for Family.

George Landoo, white man who works at Virginia City, has been arrested at the request of his wife on a charge oz desertion of his family.
 He was arrested some time ago on a similar charge and Judge Feagin placed him under a $2O0 bond to support his family He made the bond and was re- leased. Saturday his wife asked that he be re-arrested. She lives in the Stewart building
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-28
CHOIR IS CRITICIZED FOR
 EATING CANDY AND QUITS

Montreal, December 27-Melville church, the leading Presbyterian place of wor- ship in West Mount, the fashionable res idential suburb of Montreal, was without the services of choir today. In his ser- mon on Christmas morning the Rev. T. w. Winfield, the pastor severely crlt-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-28
MARRIED AT PANAMA.
Ernest Leferve, Director of Teleeraphs,
 Weeds Miss Arango.

Panama, December 27-Ernest Le- fevre, director of telegraphs of the re- public of Panama, was married last night to Miss oderay Arango, daughter of Senor Jose Augustin Arango, president of the provisional government. The sponsors were Senor Arango and Mrs. Amador, wife of Mir. Manuel Amador, the minister of finance.
 The wedding was attended by several prominent persons, including United States Minister Buchanan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-28
MT. Walker is Better.

Lucien Julian Walker, the well known newspaper man who has been at St. Vim cents hospital since Friday. was reported last night as being considerably better The improvement shown yesterday en- courages the physicians to hope that he will not be confined to his bed for a long illness,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-28
The Brave Old General.

From the Yonkers Statesman
 Church-The old general always want ed to be where the fighting was thick est.
 Gotham-Is that fact?
 "Oh. yes; why. even when he went to church he asked to be sit up in the choir"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-28

q am going to leave everything in Zion City, and not steal away with either the lace works or the temple" said Dowie That was a malicious lie about my wife taking away s7,0OO.O00, but I am foolish enough to deny it again. l will only take with me enough cash for spending money.
 Several times in the course of his re- marks Dowie spoke in a friendly manner of President Roosevelt. end in his prayer asked that MT. Roosevelt's enemies be circumvented and forestalled in carry ing out their mischievous plans.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-28
-----77.-- s'7777 Col. John c. Prather Dead

St. Louis, December 27.-Col. John G. Prathen jury commissioner of St. Louis. aged 69 died tonight at his home from pneumonia. In past years he was we'll known as a riverman. His title was earned during service in the union army Colonel Prather was formerly democratic national committeeman from Missouri
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-28
Object to Typesettlna Machines.

Washington December 27-Columbia Typographical union No. 101 at meeting today, appointed a committee to go be- fore congress and enter an earnest pro- test against the installation of type-set- ting machines in the government print ing office. The claim Is made that the machines cannot do the government work
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-28
Mail erk Killed in Wreck.

St. Paul, Minn, December 27.-In a head-on collision which occurred on the Duluth division of the Northern Pacific railroad this afternoon at Deroun. small station between Pine City and Pinckney. a mail clerk named Rouse was burned to death
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-28
Tuos Stuck in the Ice.

Cleveland, O.. December 2I-Two large tugs are stuck in the ice mile and a half from shore in Lake Erie, and third tug has started out to rescue them if possible About a dozen men are aboard the two boats. There is high wind and the thermometer is close to zero.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-28
Propositions.
From Puck.

From Puck.
 Corby-I hear Carr spends a deal of time in his automobile?
 Miss Ryder-Youve been misinformed; i; not in it. but under it, and with a monkey wrench.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-28
They Saw the Switch Light.

"As stated last night from the informa- ton I had then, 1t appeared that the col lision resulted from the fact that the high wind blew out the order board light just before the arrival at McCords of train No. with a hand signal. This morning l talked with the engineer, fire man and conductor of train No. 5. They are positive that the order aoard lamp at McCords did not show l, and the engineer on whose side of the track the order board is was quite positive that 1t did show wihte for the reason that he would have stopped if there had been no signal light burning.
 "The only explanation can see Is that the engineer on account of the high wind and the snow storm mistook the light on the switch target for what he supposes to be the white light of the order board, and that the order lamp was actually not burning"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-28
22 PERSONS DIE AS
 RESULT OF THE WRECK
Continued from First Paae)

Continued from First Paqe) MeCords he immediately displayed the red light and set the board against the ap- preaching train. The lamp was burning brightly, he states, two minutes before the train appeared in view of the depot.
 Engineer Waterman, his fireman and Conductor Neil, all tsate that the signal lamp was burning, but that instead of a red light it displayed a white light. The engineer says that supposing the track was clear he passed without stopping.
 When the order board was examined to- day it was turned over with the red lamp against the west bound train and this in a measure confirms Operator Booths state- ment.
 The officials Investigating the wreck are inclined to believe that statement made by the Operator at McCords.
 General Superintendent Smith made the following statement:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-28
French Budget Passed.

Paris, December 27.-At an extraor- dinary session of the senate today the budget estimates were finally passed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-28
kinu Christian III.

ierlin, December 27.-King Christian Of nmark is i'll at Gmunden, Austria. and
 departure for Copenhagen has been itponed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-28
Treble CIef Club,

The Treble Cleft club. of which Mrs. Gussen is director. will meet at the con servatory, Fourth avenue and Nine
 nth street. this morning at 10 o'clock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-28

In many cases of Asthma Pisos Cure gives relief that is almost equal to cure. 25 cents
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-28

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY. Take Laxative Promo Qulnine Tablets All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. E W. Groves signature is on each box. Nc.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-28
Elaht New Cases of Fever.

utler, Pa. December 27.-Sunday's fe- returns show one death and eight new
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-20
To JAIL DOORS.
A Mob of Angry Citizens Follow
a Prisoner.
Had Shot His Wife and Step
daughter.
JEALOUSY ALLEGED.
He Is Sixty Years Old and His
Wife 54.
The Woman Declares That He
Is Crazy.
ALLEGED.

New York, July 20.-Only by drawing
their revolvers and threatening to shoot
to kill did several Brooklyn policemen
prevent a mob from wreaking venge-
ance on Frederick Kriselmeyer, after he
had shot his wife and his stepdaughter.
Up to the doors of the Hamburg ave-
nue. police station the clamoring mob
went crying Lynch him." and II was
necessary to call out the reserves.
kr1selmeyer was so badly beaten before
the policemen rescued him that it was
necessary to call an ambulance.
Although he is so years old, Krisel-
meyer was driven to the shooting by
jealousy of his wife. whom he married
three years ago and who is "a years old.
She owns the house in which they lived
and in the station house he asserted
that she had been receiving the atten-
tons of wealthy butcher for some
months and that he saw her and her
daughter with this man just before the
shooting.
In the hospital. suffering from three
bullet wounds, his wife said, in reply to
his assertions that he was crazy. The
shooting followed quarrel during
which kriselmeyer was reminded that
he did not own the house The wife
probably will recover but it is thought
the daughter is fatally wounded
Returning from the house after the
shooting, kriselmeyer was surrounded
by neighbors who beat him down. He
escaped but was again surrounded, a
policeman finally reached his side, and,
revolver in hand, held the mob back un-
til aid was secured
The crowd followed, however, until the
prisoner had been safely locked up.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-20
M'PHERSON'S CROPS.
Oats Almost Failure, Wheat
Average Small.

Mcpherson, Kan, July 20.-The Re
publican says;
The number of bushels of wheat per
acre will not average as high as ex-
pected, At first it was thought it
would be about Is bushels but the av-
erage so far will not reach ten. John
Coughenour threshed one hundred
acres near GrOveland last week and got
oil bushels, making an average of GIL
bushels to the acre. In the western
part Of the county 1t is considerably
better than around here and in the
northeastern part some places will av-
erage Is, and perhaps more bushels to
the acre but there are some fields that
will not pay for the cutting So that al
together the average is thought not to
exceed 10 bushels to the acre.
Although the average is low the wheat
Is very good quality and will bring a
better price than last year. The aver
age yield last year was something like
seven bushels so this year is really bet
ter than last. The quality of last year
wheat was very poor. Last year some
of the wheat averaged 25 bushels and
over but this year the yield is more even
and the best field will not average over
20. The cause of last years failure was
mostly the fly. but this year the fly
gave way to the flood.
The oats in many places are a fla
failure and will not pay for threshing
A few weeks ago they were looking fine
and everyone was expecting one of the
largest crops in the history of the coun-
ty. They were tall and strong and the
heads looked extra large but a few
weeks before harvest began the rust sci
in and blighted the heads. Most every
field is so effected and will not ever
make very good fodder as the rust is
very bad for horses and cattle. Severa
threshermen have been heard to say
that they would not thresh them for less
than ten cents a bushel. So the pro
spects are that there will be very few
oats threshed this year Some farmers
will cut them and get what they car
out of them for fodder Joe Upton wa;
in town the other day and said that hi!
oats were so poor and so full of rus
that he was going to set fire to then
and burn them and that many of th'
other farmers living near him would dC
the same.
The corn prospects are very good
Last week it was needing rain very bad
but since Tuesday nights rain it /:
thought that the yield Will turn GU
very large. Those fields which were il
the bottoms and were replanted aftel
the flood are thin but those which
were replanted are doing fine. TIL
broom corn is almost a failure and tn
watermelons in the sand hills will hard
ly amount to anything so that abou
the only produce to rely upon will b.
the wheat and live stock.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-20
WARE WANTS MORE CLERKS
Much of His Present Help Past Age
of Usefulnesas

Washington, July 2O.-Commissioner
OF Pensions Eugene F. Ware will prob
aoly appeal to congress at it's next SEES
sion Tor an increased appropriation for
clerk hire in the bureau. Superannua-
ton of employees is the great problem
with which Commissioner Ware is
wrestling. Data which he had compiled
during The fiscal year which has just
ended show that more than half of the
clerks in his office are more than so
years old.
This condition is the result of the ap
pointment, as far as possible, of vet
Grams of the civil war to positions in the
office. Many of the soldiers of 1851 are
we'll preserved, but for the last three or
the veterans have dropped into the
group of clerks which is practically re-
tired on account of age.
Work in the pension bureau is in
creasing at a rapid rate, and the num-
Der of able-bodied employees is decreas-
ms Colonel Ware believes that the
number of employees must be increased,
or a retired list must be created when
will make it possible to replace super
animated clerks with young persons who
can dispose of work more rapidly
Congress viii probably be asked to
consider the adoption in the pension
bureau of the plan suggested by ex-
/ Commissioner Foulke for the retirement
of aged employees on pensions.
Three measures recently passed by
congress contributed to an issue of ID. :
goo new certificates during the fiscal
year which has just closed. With a
rapid increase in work and an equally
/ rapid decrease in the efficiency of his
clerical force. Commissioner Ware is fac
ing conditions which, he says, should
not be permitted to continue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-20
On st. Johns Eve.

If future summers are more auspi-
cious than those of recent years. records
of summers when the sun shone will be-
come increasingly valuable Ancient Gus
toms ard superstitions viii be recall ed
with avidity, and we therefore make no
excuse for relating certain of these: i
hope" says Duncan Campbell the fortune
teller Cor rather. perhaps. his biograp her,
Daniel Defoe), that the next oath Of June,
which is St John Ba ptists day, | shall
not see the several pasture fields adjacent
to this metropolis, especially that behind
Montague House. thronged, as they were
the last year. with well dressed young
ladies', crawling busly up and down
upon their knees. as if they were parcel
Of weeders when all the business is to
hunt superstifiously after a coal under the
root of a plantain, to put under their
heads that night. that they may dream
who should be their husbands. This is
but one of the various means which young
women of a superstitious turn of mind
have adopted to find out at this season
who are their destined husbands. There
are. for example, some who believe that
If a girl will on midsummer eve, walk
backward into the garden and gather a
rose, and will then. sewing it up in a paper
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-20
NEW DISCOVERY.
Marconi Will Send Wireless Messages
Without High Towers.

New York, July 20.-Marconi has dis
covered a new principle in wireless
biography and has perfected an instru-
ment by means of which he no longer
needs high towers for transmitting his
MESA ges across the ocean. He can now
send them skipping thousands of miles
from wave to wave along the very sur
face of the sea.
This announcement was made today.
The invention was perfected some time
ago and the inventor has been testing
it across the Atlantic. AS a result, he
has discarded practically all of his old
apparatus at the transatlantic stations
and is installing new and simpler ma
chimes. The tall masts will disappear
or remain mere monuments of primitive
methods. Messages will be sent from
an instrument on a table not elevated
at all.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-20
RELIEF WORK CLOSED.
Kansas City Committees Have Ended
Their Labors.

Kansas City, July 2O.-The work of
extending help to the sufferers from the
June flood east of the KaW river came
to a close in Convention hall at 6 o'clock
Saturday night, when the desks were
locked, the help paid off and the doors
barred for good. What little remains
to be done in this line is now in the
hands of the Provident association, and
all help Will be extended through it.
under the general direction of the flood
relief committee, which still maintains
its organization. The work across the
Kaw is still in full swing, and part of il
will continue in the hall; otherwise the
big building is done with all this sort
of thing A few deliveries of furniture
are still to be made. but they will be
closed up today.
Mr.. Damon gave out some figures
Rnent the work, which are interesting.
In ALL 2,043 families have had perma =
nent relief extended to them from the
hall-permanent relief in this case be-
ing construed as furniture, or cash in
lieu of 1t. OF these. 1, 1853 lived in Shelf
field. the east and west bottoms and
Harlem; 1876 once lived in Armourdale,
but came over here and established
homes after the flood and are living here
now, and 1913 lived east of the Kaw in
Kansas City. Kan. Thus. OF the ala
given Sl4 cases were really in Kansas.
To most of these, temporary help also
went, this meaning clothes, food and the
like.
For the first two weeks no records
were kept of the issuance of Temporary
supplies, and during this time the drain
was by far the strongest. Thereafter.
however, acquisitions were required ana
Tor this more than $500 blanks have
been issued. Hundreds of cases were
cared for before this system came in
vogue, so probably 10000 cases of tempo
rary help would not be far wrong OF
course, this does not mean that MANY
families. but that sort of relief was is