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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-06-01
Match Declared OFF.

New York, May a.-Sam Harris, man.
ager for Terry McGovern, announced to-
night that the doctors in attendance on
McGovern. after an examination today,
had declared that the pubilist would GER
tainly break down by the continued train
ing for his battle with Abe Attell at Fort
Erie on June 15.-For this reason. the
match has been declared off and the $1,000
posted with the International Athletic
club of Buffalo will be forfeited. Nc
Govern is suffering from severe attack
of malaria. The doctors have advised
him to go to the mountains and rest for
two months at least.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-06-01
MEALS MAY Be
SCARCE In CHICAGO
INDICATIONS ARE THAT THREAT
ENED STRIKE OF WALTERS
WILL 6EGlN ToDAY-DEMANDs
MADE VI RESTAURANTS.

Chicago. May s1.-The indications to-
night are that the threatened strike Of
the restaurant employees throughout Chi
cago will begin tomorrow.
The demands of the employees which
amount to an increase of twenty per cent
in the wage scale and a ten-hour day will
be made on a number of the weaker res
taurants tomorrow morning to force the
issue.
II the demands are refused by the en-
ployers the officials Of the walters union
declare that the men will be ordered on
strike.
The officials of the Restaurants Keep
ers' association issued statement to-
night which said that no concessions will
be made to the employees and that If a
strike were declared on any of the res
taurauts. general lockout would be de-
clared in all the restaurants that we're
members OF the association.
Should such action be taken, 1t would
result in closing up all the principal res
taurants in Chicago.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-06-01
Opposition Developing.

Manila, May 31.-Opposition is develop
ing to the plan providing for the sale
by the government of an exclusive opium
concession. The Evangelical union is urg-
ing that opium be entirely excluded from
the islands, claiming that its use is
spreading and working great injury to
the Filipinos. The union predicts that
the granting of such concession would
result in the spreading of the evil to a
much greater degree. The Chinese and
other residents oppose the creation of
such a monopoly. The government will
consider the matter on June 10.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-06-01
Police CHARGE = Crowd.

Paris, May S.-The Free Thinkers and
anti-clericals attempted to make mani
festation in the Place de la Republique.
but an imposing display Of the police and
the republican guard prevented the car
rying out Of their plans. Sveral rows oc-
CURED, however, between the police and
manifestants headed by Sebastian Faure
finally assembled at the labor exchange
this evening on the occasion of the recep-
ton OF $50 delegates from Belgian social
list societies. This meeting broke up in
great disorder. The police charged the
crowd around the building and several
persons were injured
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-06-01
Dying Behind the Bars.

Muncie, Ind, May 31.-Carl Carrolson,
accused of having attempted to murder
his whole family, and who claims he is
heir to the Rice estate, Is said to be dy-
ing In the Jail at this place. Physicians
are necessary several times daily. His
wife says that for their children's sake
she will avert his going to prison which
is possible by not pushing the charges
of attempted murder. Carrolson is break
ing down physically in jail and the ply
sicians say 1t is impossible to predict his
recovery
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-06-01
Cyclone Does Damage.

Welsh, La, May Sl.--At O'Clock last
night a cyclone started about three miles
south Of here and swept everything be-
fore 1t for a distance of two miles. The
two-story house of s. e. Carroll, a
wealthy farmer. with all of the outbuild-
ings and barns, was completely wrecked.
Ed Burgess, hired man, who came
from Crystal River, Fla, was killed, and
Carroll and his wife seriously injured.
Their daughter was slightly injured. 1t
is reported that two white men and ne
gro were killed by lightning west of this
place.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-06-01
Continued Rise Predicted.

st. Louis. Mo-, May a.-weather Fore
caster Bowie of the st. Louis bureau pre-
dicted continued rise in the Missouri
and Mississippi rivers, and has sent
warnings to the various threatened sec
tons along those streams From reports
already received it Is feared the condi-
tons that prevailed during the great
flood of 1881 may be repeated.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-06-01
FURIOUS THUNDER
STORM IN ATLANTA
Young Lady Killed by Lightning and
Presbyterian Church Burns
to the Ground.

Atlanta, May S1-(Special.)-A furious
thunder storm prevailed this afternoon in
this city.
Miss Eula Higgins was killed by light
ming while standing on the rear porch OF
her home on Marietta street. A small
Presbyterian church near Grant park was
struck by lightning and burned to the
ground
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conuressman to ResIan.

Houston, Tex, May a.-Congressman
t. H. Ball, representing the Eighth dis
trict has made public his intention of re-
signing his seat due to the press Of his
private business. The resignation is to
take effect November 4. This will give
ample opportunity for holding primaries
and a special election. There are already
several candidates announced.
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Killed In Sunday Ball Game.

Parkersburg. w. Va, May s.-Frank
Mountz, aged %, was killed today in a
ball game. In the fifth inning Mountz
went to the bat. Frank Tucker pitched
the ball which tipped the end of Mountz'
bat and then struck him over the heart.
Mountz dropped dead.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-06-01
Hubonlc Plague.

Lima. Peru. May s1.-The merchants
here are trying to arrange with German
steamers to bring from Panama mails
and merchandise detained there through
fear of contagion because Of the exist
ence of bubonic plague there.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-06-01
Noted Soprano Engaged.

London, May a1.-Marsger Conreid has
informed the representative of the Asso-
ciated Press that he has engaged the So
prano, Milka Ternina, for the next Met
ropolitan opera season.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-06-01
Four Drowned.

vinita, T. T., May s1.-Four men were
drowned in the Western Arkansas river
today by the overturning of an overload
ed skin.
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a. Fire In Canton.

Canton. Ohio, May 31.-The big plant
of the Danner Manufacturing company
here was practically destroyed by fire
this afternoon. The loss is 100000
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Hermitage.

Sign painter, the only original man Of
letters in Birmingham S-S1-St
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WATERE FLOOD
KANSAS CITY, MO.
Continued from First Pase)

A boat containing five men capsized later
near the same place, but whether the oc-
cupants persisted or not the sergeant
could not discern.
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PENNSYLVANIA MOB
TRIES TO LYNCH NEGRO

were dragging him to a tree to lynch him
when he was rescued by officers.
Both sides had revolyers, and during
the battle hundred or more shots were
fired.
TIE quarrel was the result of an at
tempt on the part of the. white boys to
break up the crap game.
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growing more powerful every minute,
and they were powerless to cope with It..
Meanwhile, the beleagued ones were be-
ing encouraged as far as possible to hold
on a little longer in the hope that rescue
would he effActed
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-22

ing, which is now being erected at the
corner Of Rose and Payne avenue, IS
opened in January.
Work Is of Practical Side.
1t will be observed that the work
thus far undertaken by the First Ward
Improvement association has been not
so much for the purpose of enhancing
the beauty of the ward as for the pur-
pose of providing it with conveniences.
The reason for this is that the ward
represents a comparatively new and
growing community. Before the beau
tifying process is commenced it must
have practical conveniences. The fact
that large number of the residents OF
the ward own their own homes is a
promise in itself that this identifying
process will not be long delayed. for
the more property owners there are in
ward the more apt ,is that ward to
be an attractive residence district as
well as prosperous community.
The First Ward Improvement asso-
citation meets once a month. The
a year, the fees being placed this low
because the organizers were anxious
for large membership. They realize
that the influence of numbers will take
the place of large sum in the treas
ury. Politics are barred from the as
ISOLATION. The member who attempts
to introduce this disturbing element
will be- expelledk The association has
now membership of 100 and 1t hopes
to increase this the coming winter.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-22

for the erection of a new steel bridge.
The old bridge was torn down. but
nothing was done toward erecting
new structure throughout the sum-
mer. Teams were forced to drive SIX
blocks out of their way in order to
cross the railroad tracks. Six weeks
ago the property owners on Arcade
street took the matter up with the as
ISOLATION and the latter agreed. to see
that the bridge was built. One week
later work was commenced on the new
steel structure
One of the principal objects for
which the association is now working
is the building of good-sized aud1to-
rium-one that will seat about 1000
Fpeople-in which meetings of various
kinds can be held and in which enter
/ tainments can be given. The largest
/ hall the First ward now boasts can ac-
/ commodate only about three hundred
people and when it is remembered
that the population Of the ward is
10000, it will be readily seen that such
hall is entirely inadequate for gen.
eral meetings. One of the secret so
cieties, either the Modern Woodmen of
America or the Masons, may build the
auditerium-the former has a. sub
scription list out now for that pur-
pose-or else it will be built by 'pri-
vate capital.
Wants State Bank.
The association has already succeed
ed in getting a printing house estab-
lished in the ward and weekly paper
called the Enterprise. 1t is now max
ing arrangements for the establish
ment of a bank-preferably a state
bank-with capital of $4,000. A
committee has also been appointed to
see that livery stable and a hotel are
located in the ward in the very near
future. =
When the street car company ex-
tends the Lafayette car line to Phalen
park, those who live on the Mississippi
car line will be compelled to transfer
to the Lafayette line in order to reach
the park. To do away with the neces-
sity for this, the association will try
to persuade the street car company to
connect the two lines. This would
mean the laying of only three blocks of
extra tracks, from Brainerd to Mary
land avenue. The members of the as
ISOLATION have already taken up the
matter of the improvement of the Mis-
sissippi car line. The small. cars are
still used on this line and the ward Is
anxious to have large cars substituted.
When the telegraph company laid
the wires in an underground conduit
the old poles were left standing, some
of them directly in the middle of the
sidewalk. These are not only insight
ly but they are very much in the way,
and the association has appointed a
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-22
MUCH ENTERTAINMENT IN OLD SCRAP BOOKS
Collection Of Compiled Ms W
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atty, another about authors, another
about players, another about religious
sects, one about precious stones, etc.
Mrs. Carpenter began her collection
thirty five years ago.. Her first scrap
book was filled with clippings culled
from the society. pages Of st, Paul
newspapers. Beginning with her own
wedding, which took place in Mime
apolis, and with the social affair." that
were given in her honor, she came to
st. Paul to reside Mrs. Carpenter has
clipped out of the local papers and
pasted. in her scrap book the account
of every fashionable wedding that has
taken place. She also has clippings of
those weddings which were not SOL
iemnized in ST. Paul, but In which st.
Paul people had a personal interest.
Mrs. Carpenter designed herself
what she calls her scrap book" apron,
an apron with several capacious pock-
cts into each of which she placed all
the items from time to time, as she
happened to see them, which touched
upon subjects in which she was inter-
ested. Many aprons have been worn
out during these thirty-fve years of
collecting, but the clippings them
selves are carefully preserved in long
ledger-like volumes carefully labeled
and indexed. The collecting was done
throughout the year, but the pasting
became Lenten diversion, for it was
at this time that most Of the clippings
were pasted in the books.
The Stage and Its Players.
When a very young girl Mrs Car
penter saw the great Rachel in Bos-
ton and since that time she has pre-
served every scrap of information that
has been printed in the papers con-
corning the famous actress. But aside
from this Rachel collection she has a
very fat volume filed with clippings
about the stage and about the players.
Many of these articles are illustrated
and when, one looks at some of those
pictures of players who are still on
the stage and recalls their youthful
appearance today it is difficult to be-
lieve that the fountain of youth has
not been discovered. This scrap book
on the stage is one of the rost inter-
esting in Mrs. Carpenters collection.
Here, for instance, is "A Receipt for
Actors" published in the Washington
Hawkeye at the time that the players
it mentions were in their prime:
DO you want a receipt for that popular
mystery
Known to the world as an actor of plays?
Take all the great men of theatrical his
tory,
Rattle them over in various ways;
The voice of Booth with a sad physiog
Legs Of Mccullough (the feminine rage),
Brains of Barrett inventing astronomy,
Teeth Of a Keene masticating the stage;
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-22

lectual face which is so familiar
showed all it's lines of care and age.
1t was melancholy Hamlet, but there
was little of the melancholy of youth.
In the deep shading of the eyes there
was real gloom of thought. Still no
one could listen to him without being
charmed into admiration. His audi
ence, full of memories of him as audi
ences always are, applauded him at
every opportunity and encored him at
the end of each act. 1t was noticeable
yesterday as it has been noticeable at
all times that Booth on the stage, sur
rounded by his. fellow players, is a
unique figure. He did not need to open
his mouth, to move his hands, to make
this apparent. Standing among the
other players he, was at once the single
figure. Yesterday he seemed lonelier,
sadder, more shut UP in himself than
ever before"
Anecdote of Patti.
Here is Patti anecdote clipped
from a Washington paper: Zone of
the leading ladies of Washington So
ctety came across from Europe with
Patti and, during the voyage became
quite intimate with her. She says that
Patti never sang unless she is assured
of her money beforehand, and that in
most cases Nicolini goes out before
certified check for $4,000 or the cask.
During one of her engagements in
America Nicolini came to the dressing
room with a check in his hands and
told her that the manager had been
able to raise only $4,000, but that he
would give her this amount and would
assure her that the remainder would
be paid as soon as the performance
was over. Patti was sitting in her
dressing room and she had gotten
down to the putting on of her slippers
She Strengthened up as Nicolini spoke
and said coolly:
That will not do. Take the check
back to the manager and tell him
that Madame Patti is in her dressing
room and that she has one slipper on.
She will not put on the other until
she receives the full amount of $4,000,
and if there is no money, there will be
no song Needless to say, Patti got
the money"
In one of the scrap books filed with
miscellaneous articles is one written by
Joaquin Miller, written about fourteen
years ago for a Washington paper. 1t
is a pen sketch of Winnie Ream
Hoxsie, the sculptor. In it the writer
says many appreciative things both
of the artist herself and of her work.
The same book contains a number of
Bill Nyes newspaper contributions,
articles by The Fat Contributor" by
the late Mrs. Sherwood and by Dab"
In fact, though 1t is entitled, Mis-
cellaneous," it might be called
Journalism" for it is filed with the
signed contributions of all the well
known journalists of the past thirty
five years.
Mrs. Carpenter is still adding to her
collection, for as she herself says, "a
collection Of this sort is never. you
know, complete"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-22

side appearances were not considered
1t would be difficult to mistake the one
for the other.
The First ward differs from every
other ward in the city in this respect
separate town. One reason for this
is its location. The ward, situated as
its is on the northern outskirts of the
city, is isolated in a way. Another
reason is that there are a number Of
retail stores in this part of the city,
(which make the people comparatively
independent of the downtown bust
ness distniGtn Moreover, spirit born
of common purpose unites the citizens
-of the ward. The 10000 people that
ssmake up it's population are chiefly
gScandinavians. They have all the self
reliant. thrifty, ambitious characteris-
tics of their race and they are ready
and willing to work together for the
good of their ward.
What the Association Has Done.
But while the citizens of the First
ward have always been public spirited
: it was only this summer that it oc-
CURED to some of the property holders
out there to organize for the improve
ment of the district. At the suggestion
9sof Mr.. Hillstrom~ about a dozen OF
these men met one night last August
in his office. A temporary organiza-
ton was effected and this, a week
later, was made permanent. The Of
ficers were: President, Abel Ander-
son; vice president, c. E. Hillstrom;
Alex Lindahl. Board of directors
was appointed to act for the associa-
ton and of this body John Cornable
was made chairman and A. l.. Nelson
secretary.
One of the first tasks undertaken by
the new association was the securing
of a three-minute service in the morn
ing and evening on the Lafayette car
line for the benefit of mechanics and
other laborers.
Car Line to PhaIen Park.
The members of the association rec
ognized the fact that Phalen park.
which lies on the northern boundary
of the ward has great natural at
traction, the value of which will in
crease as the park board progresses
with it's plans for this parks improve
ment.
Naturally the ward has always been
anxious to have the street car line
extended to this park as soon as pos
sible. At one of the associations
earliest meetings committee con-
sisting of c. E. Hillstrom. c. S. Berg
and Andrew Fahlgren was appointed
to take charge of the matter. The
street car company was interviewed,
but the committee was informed that
the company could do nothing in re-
gard to the extension of the line until
the completion of the paving of Forest
street, which ends at the park and on
which street the cars will run. AL
though the contract for the paving OF
this street expired Aug. Is it is not
yet completed. The committee inter-
viewed the contractors bondsmen and
got him to promise that the paving
would be finished before winter set in
There is about three weeks work yet
to be DONE
The street car company has prom
1sed that if the paving is finished this
fall the street car track will be ex-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-22

The science of middlemen versed in geog-
raphy,
Pen of an ass thete in autobiography,
Prices of4Ratti (ten dollars seat;
The My Cod of Thorne in play of So
ciety
Morals of Abbott in operas of piety,
Judgment of Emmett in brands of old
Hennessy.
Shrieks Of Joe Proctor in wild Jibbenaino-
say;
Davenport. Anderson, Bowers and Rhea
Salvini and Rossi in Hamlet and Lear.
Take of these elements all that's theatre
CAL
Cast out the part that you find are ham,
fat:
Set 'em to simmer and take off the scum
And an actor you'll find is the residuum."
Edwin Booths Last Appearance.
In the same book is found an ac-
count of Edwin Booths last appear
ance in Brooklyn at the Academy Of
Music there. 1t is well written and
contains prophecy that theater goers
Of today will be able to appreciate.
when Edwin Booth at the close of
the performance in the Brooklyn Acad-
envy of Music yesterday afternoon
came before the curtain in response to
applause that would not be silenced
until he had spoken. he said:
"T hope that this is not the last time
I shall appear before you
"It was undoubtedly his last appear
anee for the season and recent events
have caused very general belief in a
rumor that he was to retire from the
stage forever The remark, therefore,
was greeted with special applause. So
widespread had been the belief that
those who have seen him again and
again and who failed to see him yester-
day felt that they missed taking part
in a memorable event. If Edwin Booth
never appears again, not only will it
mean that the foremost English speak
ing player has departed from the stage,
but also that an ancient school of dra-
matte art has departed. Of this school
Booth is the greatest and last repre-
sentative.
1.-THE audience filed every seat in the
house and crowded the standing room
to the doorways. Hamlet was the
play. 1t was. certainly a fitting choice
If Mr.. Booth is to appear no more, for
no player has ever been so much iden
titled with the part of Hamlet as Booth.
When the curtain rose yesterday after
noon and discovered him in the famil-
lar black costume seated near the
throne on which sat King Claudius and
his queen, there was a murmur of ap-
plause but it died instantly. Aside
from the black wig he seemed little
made up for the part. The sad intel