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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-02
EAGLES IN NEW YORK.
Fifth Annual Convention Assemblies In
 Tammany Hall.

New York. September 1.-The fifth annual convention of the Fraternal Order of Eagles began today at Tam many hall and will continue during this week. It is expected that 10000 of the 150,000 members in the United States and Canada will be here before the day is over.
 Special trains brought delegations from the Pacific slope, New England, the south and southwest. After calling the morning session to order, adjourn ment was taken until afternoon, the committee on credentials not having finished it's work.
 Mayor Low will review the parade of the Eagles tomorrow at the Worth Monument.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-02
RECEIPTS s4e,s52,s77.
Expenditures Leave Surplus of $e,.
 BPS, 133 for August. .

Washington, September 1.-The month ly statement of the government receipts and expenditures shows that for the month of August, 1903, the total receipts were s4s,s52,e77. and the expenditures, s4a 544, leaving a surplus for the month of s6,s2S,1sS. The surplus for August. 1902, was s. 492, ,O00
 The receipts from the several sources of revenue, with the increase and de. crease as compared with August, 1902, were given as follows:
 Customs, $75, 121,714; decrease, S, ,461 ,0co. Internal revenue, $19,2S6. 4s6; increase. H,- 76l000. Miscellaneous, s5,4z4,4 47e; increase, S946,000
 The expenses on account of the war department show a decrease of $1, s00 600, and the navy an increase of s2,134eo0.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-02
Murderer Is Shot.

Tucson, Ariz., September Fer nando Velenzuela, for whose capture. dead or alive, large reward was of fered, has been shot and killed by Mexican rurales at Santa Cruz. Son ora. He was accused of having com mitted half dozen murders along the border within few months, the latest being that of Notaches Rotches, . trader.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-02
ROUND LAP BALE
 PLANT DESTROYED
PROPERTY OF THE AMERICAN COTTON COMPANY AT TUscA- LoosA BURNED DOWN TESTER. DAY AFTERNOON LOSS st1,ooo.

Tuscaloosa, September 1.-(special)- The round lap bale plant, property of the American Cotton company, was complete ly destroyed this afternoon by fire.
 A camping train of the Mobile and Ohio was side tracked under the shed adjoining the structure.
 The fire originated in. one of the cars and the building soon became ignited. Four cars were destroyed The loss is estimated at s11,0O0 with $4000 insurance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-02
Released Patient Dies from Joy.

San Juan, P R., September 1.-Jose Marrero, a non-leprous patient, who was liberated from the leper colony as a result of the recent investigation, died yesterday of heart disease super induced by joy at his release. The probing into the leprosy scandal con tinues to produce a pleasant develop ment. The public report of the execu- tive committee investigation will be made next week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-02
WIRE PAPERS BUSY.
In Fight With Officers One is Shot
 at DeImar.

St. Louis. September 1.-Superintendent Matthews of the Delmar track discovered wire tappers'' in operation at the track this afternoon. In a fight between the "tappers" and Matthews men one of the former was shot in the face and is thought to have been badly wounded. The wire extended from the betting ring north to Olive street. It was just ready for work when the discovery was made. The other end of the wire was in Delmar gar- den.
 There were six men in the gang. They carried away their wounded comrade on stretcher and all trace of them was lost.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-02
PATENTS ISSUED.
Rural Letter Carriers Appointed for
 Troy Routes.

Washington, D. C., September 1.--(spe- cial.)-Patents issued: William A. Davis, Chapel Hill, seeder and fertilizer distribu- tor; Isabelle M. Manich, Magnolia Springs, match box; John w. Smith, Florence, bed brace; George w. Shartz. Huntsville, oil burner; William R. Thompson has been appointed regular and John Parker substitute rural letter car riers at Troy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-02
Bible Conference at Atlanta.

Atlanta, September IA three days Bible conference under the auspices of the committee of the John c. Mar tin educational fund will begin hero tomorrow. This fund established by John c. Martin of New York city and endorsed by some of the leading elu- cators of the north and south is used to promote education of negro preach- CTS through the south by cooperation of leaders of both races. The confer ence will be welcomed by Mayor Howell and will be addressed by many prominent divines and educa- tors from different parts of the couu- try.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-02
Twenty Automobile Boats in Race.

Paris, September Twenty auto mobile boats out of the fifty-seven which started Sunday in the race on the Seine from Paris to the sea com plcted the third stage, which only in- cluded the section of the river between
 Elbeuff and Rouen, distance of fif- teen and half miles. The Mercedes and Flora retained their places of first and second respectively, the forme1 covering the distance in 42 uiinute4 and g seconds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-02
Jackson Found Guilty.

New York September 1.-The jury in the case, of Charles Jackson, the negro accused of the murder of Charles w. Roxbury in River avenue. the Bronx, in July, today returned a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degfee
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-02
Coinage $1,114,1so.

Washington. September 1.-The month- ly statement Of the coinage executed at the hints in the United States shows the total coinage for August to have been s1,1141SO. as follows: Gold s450.00O; silver, S452, 600; minor coins, $2l2,lS0.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-02
Olympia Slightly Injured.

Washington, September IA report from Rear Admiral Goghlan on the acci- dent to the Olympia during the maneu- vers received at the navy department to- cay says that the injuries are slight, but that the ship is leaking quite badly. The Olympic left Provincetown today for the target ground in Vineyard sound.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-02
Miners Refuse to Work.

Kansas City, Mo, September .1.-Six hundred coal miners in the Novinger district. in northeastern Missouri, re- fused to go to work today, violating the agreement made between the op- orators and John Mitchell.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-02
Cactus Compound

rre Laxative Blood Tonic. is positively guaranteed to increase your weight Ask lacob'~ Pharmacy"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-02
Col. Richard Eskridqe bead.

Washington, September 1.-General Wade has cabled the war department from Manila, announcing the death of Col Richard Eskridge, U. 8. A.. re- tired.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-02
BLND-
 FOzD.

oAlAAttAOAA tA woman and she loses all conf- dence in herself. Her step is slow, hesitating a n d uncertain. Her hands are raised to ward the i'm aginary bl o W s which threaten her. w h e n a sick woman
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-02

Miss Emma B. Cowan returned home from spending the summer vacation in southern Georgia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-02

The city council meets in regular ses- sion tonight It being the last regular meeting of the present council no impor- tant business Is expected to be trans acted. The election of a new council takes place on the 14th instant.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-02

Singers and public speakers will find Piso's Cure for Consumption an effectual cure for hoarseness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-02

Mrs P. F. Smith and children came down from Blount Springs today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-02

We make all kintl of cuts. Ths Age-Herald Engraving Co
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-02

8 w. Napier leaves for Union Springs Sunday to visit his old home and from there he will go to Tuscaloosa to study law
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-02

Mrs. William H. H. Judson and her daughters, Misses Lula and Grace, and her sister, Miss Lizzie Verden, returned from Alabama White Sulphur springs to- day, stopping over at the Morris hotel. Tomorrow they will go to Blount Springs for week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-02
CLEARING GROUND
 FOR NEW BUILDING Plant of Drop Forge & Foundry Co. in Course of Erection UNIFORM COURSE WANTED Hcssemer Schools Will Open septem- Der 21 With Unusually Bright
 rospects-Number of Deaths.
 Masons Visit EnsIey.
UNIFORM COURSE WAN TED

Bessemer, September 1.-(SpeciaL)- Contractor Hollingsworth of Bnsley, Is in town and will tomorrow morning begin clearing ground for the foundation of the first structure for the Bessemer Drop Forge and Foundry Co. It will be S3xl75 feet in dimensions. The site is on the old Huntsville road east of the big pipe works grounds and adjoining the various railroad rights of way. Regular opera ton in the foundry will commence Mo- yember l.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-02
Disflgured Skin

Wasted muscles and decaying bones.
 What havoci
 Scrofula, let alone, is capable of all that. and more.
 It is commonly marked by punches ir the neck, infiammations in the eyes, dys- pepsia catarrh, and general debility.
 It is always radically and permanently cured by
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-02
Hoods L0gsQpnrillo

Which expels all humors, cures all erup- tions. and builds up the whole system. whether young or old.
 Hoods Pills cure liver ills the nonrritating and only cathartic to tass with Hoods sarssparilla.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-02

Alma England, aged years. daughter of MT. and Mrs. Ingland of Thompson town, died Monday night
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-02

Professor J. M. Dill, superintendent of the city schools, has been in confer rence with Prof. J. H. Phillips and committees of leading teachers of the county for some days now. formulating a uniform course of study for all public schools in the county, urban, suburban and rural. The professor reports that the end sought is practically being secured. The city public schools will open on septem- Der 21 with the largest attendance and brightest prospects of any previous open ing. The faculty consists of eighteen white teachers and eight colored teach erS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-02

Lee Moody returned today from g weeks absence at the Alabama White Sulphur Springs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-02

Capt. John D. Hanby and family have just returned from several days sojourn with friends at Diamond, eight miles southeast of Guntersville. The captain reports that section the best for fer tilityi scenery and healthfulness in the state and yet the least known.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-02

lone, daughter of Fl. D. Keith five years old died Monday afternon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-02

A return visit was made by numbe of members of the Bessemer Royal Arcl chapter to the Ensley chapter last nigh to witness work in the Royal Arch degree Two weeks ago a large number of Ems ley Royal Arch Masons visited the chap ter here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-02

A. A. Randle and T. J. Edison have their plans completed for the erection of two story block on Third avenue near the Louisville and Nashville depot.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-02

An infant daughter of Martin Coniff, nine months old, died this morning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-02

Jessie Capps, the IS months old daugh- ter of s. B. Capps, died of bronchitis Monday.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-03-05

Vienna, Feb. Is. Although 1t Is
stated that the sultan is willing to ac-
cept the scheme of reforms submitted
to him, it is believed in Constantine.
pie that he will seek delay by discuss.
ing and proposing notifications Of the
reforms. It is evident that the Bull.
garian government, even II it serious
ly attempts to control the Macedonian
situation, will find great difaculty in
doing 50. A violent press campaign
has been started In Bulgaria and meet
ings are being held in all the principal
towns to protest against the suppress
sion of the Macedonian committees.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-03-05

Many Cavalier county homesteaders
have proven up this winter.
A Eowdoin man is accused OF kid
mapping his brothers widow.
A domestic row at Larrimore is
said to have been adjusted.
Litchv!'ie continues to grow and
fiGis ne wbank q necessity. -.
fc:;bsate was the rendezvous for the
Arabian peddlers for a week.
A lot Of settlers are expected around
Palermo, Ward county, this spring.
A dray line merger seems to have
been accomplished at Valley City.
A number of Hankinson people are
going into the Alberta country.
Tower City and Page may be con-
nected with a rural telephone line.
An employe of the flax mill at May
vile lost an arm In the machinery.
During the cold spell the Northern
Pacific handled only through freight.
Carl Nelson, q former Fairmount
boy, has position in the Philippines.
St. Thomas people are planning to
have improved ice rinks next winter.
The man who feared the ice supply
would be limited is now kicking him.
self.
Sheriff Mcdonald Of Morton equity
went to South Dakota for some horse
thieves.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-03-05
Dowie Gets a Million.

Chicago, Feb. 25.-Some time ago
John Alexander Dowie called upon the
faithful to give him $1,00O,000 before
the last of February. He reported to
the meeting in the Auditorium yester.
day that the financial secretary's 8
books showed that up to last Friday
night: 81, 100000 had been subscribed.
Thenlhe announced new plan which
willS'be launched next Wednesday at
q special meeting in Zion. This il the
formation of another association for
tho upbuilding Of the city. building
and manufacturers association
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-03-05
TELEPHONE NO. 20.
killed by his eldest son, Edward, who
claims seif-defense.

killed by his eldest son, Edward, who
claims seif-defense.
Oscar Brown, the faithful groom of
the famous Hanover, that died few
years ago, and for twenty years fore.
man at McGrathiana stud, was assas-
sinated at Lexington, Ky.
Drunken white men started a riot
in the negro car on Kansas City
Southern train near Lake Charles, La,
in which one colored men and three
white men were seriously injured, one
fatally.
Henry Flemming and Mrs. Jones
were shot and slightly wounded by
the jealous wife of the former as the
two stood talking in the store Of MIR.
Jones at Marion, Ind. Mrs. Fleming
then wrecked the store. ...-.
Seven men have been arrested in
New York charged with running fake
lottery which is said to have victih'
lied thousands. The drawings were
supposed to take place In Pueblo,
Mex, but never came of. g..
In response to two anonymous let.
ters the Chicago police broke into the
house at Sc May street and arrested
fourteen women upon the assumption
that the place was pool room and
gambling Joint for women.
Edward Woods, the seventeen.year-
old son of prominent farmer of
Frankfort, Ind, killed his father, shot
and fatally wounded his mother and
sister, and then committed suicide.
The motive is not known.
The New York police have secured
a confession from Louis F. Messir, the
eighteen-year-old bellboy charged with
robbing hotels. Messir and Cullen,
another bellboy, had planned to rob
hotels all over the country.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-03-05
Fire Set by Inmates.

Red Wing, Minn., Feb. Il. 49, Supt.
Whittier says he believes the fire at
the training school was set by inmates
who hoped to destroy the institution
and escape. The fire was set while
nearly all were at chapel exercises.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-03-05
Justice Day Confirmed.

Washington, Feb. 25.-Conflrmations
by the senate: w. R. Day, Ohio, as
associate Justice of the supreme court
of the United States; John K. Rich
ards, Ohio, circuit judge for the Sixth
judicial circuit; Henry M. Hoyt, Penn.
sylvania, solicitor general.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-03-05
Personal Mention.


Louis F.. Schade, a well known au.
thor, correspondent and lawyer, died
in Washington. aged seventy-four.
DR.. J. E. Rankin, president of How
ard university in Washington, has re-
signed owing to advanced age and in
firmities.
Miss Ellen Smith, who, during the
past twenty-five years has been in
turn instructor, professor and regis
traitor of the University of Nebraska,
is dead. ~, ~-s-.. --,. 49,.
Sherman NJ. Bell: member OF
Roosevelt's rough riders during the
Spanish American war, has been ap-
pointed adjutant general of the Colo
rado national guard by Gov. Peabody.
Capt. Francis A. Cook, the senior
captain in the navy, has been granted
six months sick leave. which he will
employ in an effort to regain his
health. Capt. Cook was in command
of the Brooklyn during the war with
Spain.
DR.. H. H. Food, severty-nine years
old. died at Litchfield, IL. He served
through the Civil war as surgeon in
the 117th Illinois infantry. He was .
Republican member of the state legis-
lature during the Logan and Morrison
fight of 1880.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-03-05
TIE NEWS RESUME
DIGEST OF THE NEWS FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE WORLD.
I From the Capital.

From the, Capital.
The internal revenue collections for
January were $17,954,729, q decrease
OF $2,902,042 from January, 1902. a.
Minister Combes has cabled the
state department that Senor Arias was
elected president of Guatemala by
congress on Feb. Is.
Col Charles E. Humphrey, who told
the president Of the United States
when he was colonel of the Rough
Riders to go to the devil" or words
to that effect, will be appointed quar-
termaster general upon the retirement
of Maj Gen. Ludington.
= Soon after the adjournment of con-
gress Secretary Moody and Postmas'
ter General Payne will take a trip into
the Caribbean sea regions for the pur-
pose of inspecting the proposed naval
training stations in Cuba and to look
into the postal affairs of Porto Rico.
The case of. the Northern Pacific
Railway company against John Soder-
burg, involving the question as to
what constitutes mineral lands, as
used in the act of July 2, 1864, was de-
cided by the supreme court of the
United States in favor of Soderburg.
When Apostle Reed .Smoot appears
to take his seat in the senate he will
be confronted by charges that he en-
courages polygamy. and is: therefore
a law breaker, and that the church
assiStad in hia election in violation of
the pledges given by Utah to gain
statehood. ~ ~.
The subcommittee that went to; Bos-
ton to investigate the subject of coal
transportation reported to the full:
committee that there was no evidence
that there was any deficiency in the
matter Of water trans Yortation be-
tween the terminal coal rorts and New
England.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-03-05
ESCAPE From eurnina Bui,dinu,

6oCAPe TT0" Out H''8 1U''otH9'.
Mayville, N. D., Feb. 1S.--:--ne resi-
dence of Mrs. Mary Arneson was total
ly destroyed by fire last evening. She
and her daughter, who were asleep,
barely escaped in their night clothes.
i was 80 below zero.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-03-05
THAwING DYNAMITE.
Four Of the Parties Concerned Are
{. Dead.

Pittsburg, Feb. 25.-A dynamite ex-
plosion at lockwood, south of this
city. killed four people and injured q
number of others. A gang Of men
working on the Baltimore & Ohio rail-
road were thawing out dynamite when
the explosion occurred. Three of the
victims were blown into the Castleman
river. They we're horribly mutilated.
The names have not been learned.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-03-05

Six hundred Americans attended
the George Washington reception at
the American embassy in Rome.
Colombia's historic gunboat, the
Boyaca, sunk in the channel at Port
Bethsabe. All on board were saved.
Speaking at the mayor of Kensing.
TONS dinner on schemes for the i'm.
provement of London transportation.
c.. r. Yerkes said that it was not
matter of making money with him.
What hs wanted to do was to accom-
plish something for London, .e .,
Princess .Djemil Tousson, sister Of
the khedive and wife of Prince DIE
mil Tousson, recently made an unsuc-
cessful attemptAt self.destruction by
taking poison. :,
There is a probability of Lord Cur.
zon being recalled from India shortly,
and Mc. Brodrick, minister for war,
being rs,sad to. the peerage and sent
out as viceroy. asaa.,
Former Archduke Leopold Ferdi-
nand Leopold, brother of the crown
Princess OF Saxony, has telegraphed.
to his parents at Salzberg that he in
tends to become an officer In the Unit
ed States army. ..
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-03-05
Notes From, Ahrcau.

Several cases Of cholera are report
ed among the English members of the
Somaliland expedition.
It is reported at Tangier that Ell
Menebhi, the minister of war, was
killed in battle Feb. IL.
A thousand of the poor of Rome
were guests at dinner in the Vatican
In honor of the pope's jubilee.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-03-05
Sin and Sinners.

..>a Sin and Sinners
The body of Christian B. Smith, q
self-confessed embezzler and suicide,
was found in the lake near Hammond,
Ind. -.. ..-...
The num0er of suicides in Chicago
thus far this year is so per cent great
er than in the corresponding period of
1902. -s
Because he would not pay his moth
er board bill, Uber Frye Of Logans-
port, Ind, has been sent to Jail at her
instigation. @
Ely. Shook, carpenter at Cimar-
ron, twenty-five miles east Of Springer,
N. A.. was shot and killed by B. s.
Payne a liveryman, as the result Of a
quarrel. a -.
Peter Farrell, one of the leading
New Orleans Democratic politicians,
and state coal oen0e- waa shot dnd
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-03-05
Sultan Grants All the Demands Mace
... for Reforms In Macedonia. Mss

Constantinople. Feb. Is. = Tewfik
Pasha, the minister Of foreign affairs,
notified the Austro- Hungarian and
Russian ambassadors that the sultan
had agreed to adopt the scheme for re-
forms in Macedonia. &c.. ... ~. .a
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-03-05
Accidental Happenings.

ACCUoen1ai 06ppSHaU8o.
Three men were killed in the Fort
Lafayette explosion at New York.
The Hotel Deveau at Toledo was al
most completely destroyed by fire.
The inmates escaped without trouble.
Four mail clerks and one passenger
were killed and several others severe
ly injured in Big -Four wreck near
Berea, Ohio. .:&.
The bodies Of six Mexicans, three
women and three children, who had
frozen to death, were found on the
river eight miles above Goliad, Tex. y
Seven persons were, injured in col
lision between q crowded electric car
and a Chicago & Grand Trunk freight
train at the Center avenue crossing at
Chicago. .s...-.., l.&, 49,.
Claude de Lorraine. who was chief
engineer OF the Monitor when that ves-
!. sci fought the Merrimac, and his son
Edward, aged twenty-four, were found
dead from asphyxiation at their home
in Brooklyn. @-.s." .:..
The car sheds and sixty-seven street
cars Of the st. Louis & Suburban Rail.
way company at De Hodimont, Mo-,
were destroyed by fire, entailing loss
estimated at nearly 100000. The
origin Of the fire is not known, but it
is said to have started from an elec-
trio wire. ~r
Fire partially destroyed the new
brick car barn at the new winter quar-
ters of the Barnum & Bailey circus at
Bridgeport, Conn. and burned num-
ber Of cars belonging to the circus.
The loss is estimated at 100000, on
which there is an insurance of $685. 900.
Fourteen elephants we're rescued.