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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-09-02

n more moderate grade will be-
adopted
George T. Cotterlll representing
several wealthy Third avenue prop
erty owners was present al the
meeting to enter his protest against
Muilen'n grade lie said II would
be very undesirable even II II could
be contaminated. but admitted that
the passage 81 the ordinance might
after an be- the best method af get q
ting some progress on The important
matter The owners who signed
Mullen'H petition. however. do not
think thai the damages BE- viii ueceH-
state win make payment Of them
impossible. although they admit
there ~ chance Of o. cotterlll
Hays hr IL not worrying.
The property owners who I ava
representing are positive that Null
lens proposition iH 80 financially top
heavy that IL Hill fan Of itH own
weight" be said "The unfortunate
feature Of the proceeding iH that
there will b. no established grade
on Third avenue during the whole
period Of litigation. which may ex-
tend over tao years. The person
who may desire 10 erect building
GA the avenue IN the meantime Will
be unable a. learn al what grade b
should be placed.
sro have the matter brought into
the caufta iu itn present shape. how
ever b q good thing ia that 1t will
prove concuHiVsly that no radical
reHfHde. ~ proposed hF Mullen and
others Is possible. when that b.
once demonstrated the property
owners may BE- willing % stand for
moderate grade. such aa city
Engineer Thomson. myself and
many property holders desire
The damages b. Aulleu.H re-
grade viii amount o. between fiza.-
eoo and igoo geo The property
abuttlnr on Third avenue not dam
aged by the reEfade wiz be Obliged
o. pay for ali OF IL because property
that la damaged cannot be haaewaed
to pay other lamaReH Tot the saue
Improvement There uill not be
mafe tan Tote oH the whole thor
ouFhfarr thar vIll not - damaFed.
To expect that these ! 9 lots Nill pay
Tor al The damages f. ridiculous.
Yet the aiEucru Of Mulleu'H peti-
ton expressly atipulats that they
will not pay damages tl1P~rienee
has proven. tn the second avenue
regrade. fuf Instance. that nearly
every property owner affected viii
trt n Eef az award ~ damages Of
81 or mote - AZ - avoid paying
damages sustained By ueiEhboriuF
property holders
s=rfs Thomson reEraHe Plan VIII
cost only . Third AZ much aH Mui-
Ions. 81 ulIl cause onlt onr=tenth
% the damage and II makes bet
tef thorouFhfare Of Third avenue
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-09-02
BETRAYED;
CAST OFF

The suit Of Miss Nellie Kioas. a
trained nurse. against = lamble to
recover ftS.265 damages for sedue-
fiun. IL being tried In Superior
Judge Alhertaon's court today and
testimony 81 a very sensational ma
ture Is being given. Both parties To
the suit are we'll known In Seattle
Miss Kloaa claims that Lamble
won her heart by many acts 81
Kindness and had led her 10 believe
that he intended 10 marry her. al
though there is no evidence 20 prove
that he ever actually asked her to
become hts wife Miss kloas claims
that she has suffered greatly as "A
result of iamble.B refusal 10 make
her his wife. when she Informed
him that she was about 10 become
a mother and that she has been
Oatfacizod by all her former friends
W. J. Grant. 81 1861 Twenty sec
ond avenue. reported 10 the police
this morning that bis room was en-
tered last night and $50 stolen lie
did not hear the thief and there in
no clew However. the police are
investigating the robbery.
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MEMBERS
DIVIDED
BENTON HILL IMPROVEMENT
CLUB TAKE UP RAINIER Az
ENUg SEWER MATTER

The Rainier avenue trunk sewer
matter was last might discussed By
the Rcnton iiill Improvement club.
many Of the members ~ which will
be- affected by the proposed Inn
pruVcment A committee consisting
81 Joseph Shipprh. George Miller
and J. - Jones WRa appointed O.
take up the matter with the eitY
engineer This committee all ~
port bach AZ a me.tlug of the club
"a bo held next Thursday evening
Couueilmeu Bowen and Daultou
wcre present AZ the mectlng They
explained the matter carefully 60
the members Of the ciub. taxing
the position that the sewer Wsa =
much needed Improvement and
rather fayurinK the plan nov pro
posed b. the cttY Officials The
members Of the club we're rather
divided In the matter. u developed
during the discussion.
The members % the Rainier
Heights Improvement club have
been unanimously uppuaed to the
present assessment plan.
W " Easter spnhe az the meet
ing. beinF particularly Opposed a.
the Renton hill district bsinE
Obliged TO pay any Of the eoat ~
the Rainier sewer naultQu said
that the proposed plan Would not
la 10 very Objectionable ca him a.
long as IL became an established
e. that ETHaaFfrH fFrufUe nruFUfH Of
that character should b. provided
Tor - special assessment instead u
cat If the general fund. a. In the
past
Bowen spoke In a similar vein
advocating the plan PROPOSED By the
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ne MUST Par

Morris Buttnick. the wealthy Rus.
sian jew whose wife. celia Butt
nick ia suing him for separate
maintenance. was ordered this
morning 10 pay her $50 "A month for
the support Of her self and chill
drcn while the suit la pending
nuttnick be- said To have treated bis
wife very cruelty. one reason being
that she had borne him three
daughters. but no son. liia relatives.
che charges. have also abused her
and only few weeks ago they were
arrested for lll treating her.
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WILL REFUSE H2

The council will probably refuse
O. grant the request 81 Mrs J r.
Vim O. crrct three story frame
building on Union street between
Eighth and Ninth avenues. Tho or
dinhnce SaH. Il a special nesting
Of the council Al noon today. re
ferred O. the fire and water CON
mlttee The location Of the pro-
posed building De- inside the nsuly
established second fire limits.
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a6xEs
! MILD
M WRECK
CANADIAN PACIFIC EXPRESS.
VITA LORD AND LADY mIRTo
ABOARD. WRECKED


WINNIPEG Man sept "A Ca
madam Pacific express train. with
Governor General Lord Minto and
Lady Mlnto aboard waa wrecked
AZ santhlutal. ~ T. this morning
Ftfe p~rsoua we're allied aud sew
egal hurt Lord and Lady Miato
escaped without injury.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-09-02

YELLOW CREEK. O.. Sept a.
SIX we're burned 60 death and four
terribly injured by fire aud IN an
oil explosion here this morning
The dead are Mrs. Henry Films
and her two children. and three un
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THEY BOTH
CONFESSED

J T Gardner. a petty thlef. vas
fined 80 b. Police Judge George
this morning t. ]. MeGiaIu = iunk
dealer accused o. dtauuElnE Of
Gafdusr'a loot. waa Eiyea a sua-
pended sentence q a hours In
which be b. o. recover q quantity
% the stolen property. In the event
Of ita recovery and return e. the
owners. be will receive a light fine
from the court sho BE- disposed Ia
b. leuieut IN the matter. and the
owners ~ The property DO not wish
o. prosecute the caac against the
twp men
They we're arrested yesterday BY
City Detectives Corheft and Adams
and Patrolmen Mortrude Gardner
vas a clerk az the Pacific Coast
Hardware company and stole ar
tieieH from the store which be
turned over 20 McGlain. a guam
tltY Of the recovered property waa
introduced IN court a. evidence and
both men admitted their guilt
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known men.
Tho injured are Rev stidd. Rob.
ert Alexander and Henry Filing Fish
A lamp Ia the Fling house caught
fire and the flames set fire to an
oil derrick and tank near the house
An explosion followed. The house
was destroyed.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-09-02
coLoRs ARe SELLING.

All the newest fan styles aud
shades IN mfu's soft and stiff hats
nou on sale. u will pa yau % call
on r. = brooks a Co. 1881 Second
avenue.
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Rev Dr. George Bailey Hopson
professor % Latin language and lit
craturs a 81 stephens college
Auuadale. n Y. Wiil preach At
Trinity Parish church Friday at
I 30 n-rln.L.
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SCHOOL SUITS


Chidren's school Hats rcd brown blue and Oxford
felt trimmed with eoored ribbon. these Just the
thing for little girls and designed especially for
school use; regular value 500 each Saturday special
....... ................... ................. Toe
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Better cali and let us show sou
ths finest line Of meu'H So soft
and stiff hats in the city o. ~
Brooks 4 Co. ta1t sseuud ave. 80
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-11
WILL B. B. COMER
 BE A CANDIDATE ]?
DECLINES TO SAY WHETHER HE WILL SEEK THE PRESIDENCY OF RAILROAD COMMISSIONER MEETING WILL BE HELD.

The name of B. B. Conner Is being prom inently mentioned in connection with the race for the presidency of the railroad commission. If his name Is presented for the office 1t will be done by the Mer- chants, Consumers and Farmers Asso- ciation of Alabama, which organization made the fight for an elective railroad commission.
 MT. Conner, who has just returned from Montgomery. said last night:
 T suppose the Merchants, Farmers and Consumers association will meet in Birmingham at some time nl the near fu- ture to decide whether or not a candi- date for the presidency of the railroad commission shall be placed in the field.
 T am not in a position to say just at this time whether or not I will announce for the office. In fact know very little about the matter. It all depends upon what action the association might decide upon. In my opinion. however. 1t will de- eide to carry the fight to a finish"
 Robert J. Lowe of Jefferson. p. w Booker of Emore John V. Smith of Russell and Frank B. Bonner of Dallas have already announced as candidates for the presidency of the railroad commis sion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-11
DRENNEN CLAIM
 COMES UP TODAY
CASE WILL BE HEARD BY REF- FREE TRiMBLE IN BANKRUPTCY COURT THIS MoRNING-MANY WITNESSES SUMMONED.

The hearing of the claim of D. M. Dren- nen against the Donelson Construction company, bankrupt, is set for this morn ing at 10 o'clock before Referee N. w. Trimble of the bankruptcy court. The hearing was originally set for Saturday morning, but upon the motion of the at torney for the claimant continuance was made until this morning. MT. Drennen sues the bankrupt construction company on an alleged agreement by which he was to receive $1O.000 from the Donelson Con structlon company, c. M. Burkhalter x Co., and the Pennington Construction company for acting as adviser In securing certain contracts from the Jefferson coun- ty sanitary commission.
 Every member of the sanitary commis- sion, it's secretary and it's chief engineer, and the heads of the three firms involved have been summoned to appear as wit nesses at the hearing this morning. The claim is to be contested by Trustee Coffin of the bankrupt company, who had all of the witnesses subpoened.
 The general opinion seems to be that the hearing will proceed this morning, both sides announcing ready.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-11
TWO NEGROES ARE
 HELD FOR ROBBERY
IT IS CHARGED THAT THEY HELD UP NATHAN WELLS, BRAKEMAN ON THE L. 6 N. RAILROAD, LAST SATURDAY NIGHT.

Dave Afford and Jim Hurd two well known negro characters in police circles, were arrested yesterday morning by De- tectives Hamilton and Bodeler on a charge of burglary and grand larceny. Later this charge was changed to high way robbery.
 The negroes are accused of holding up Nathan Wells, a brakeman on the Louis Wlle and Nashville railroad, near OK moor on last Thursday night, and steal ing his watch and several articles. The two negroes under arrest started to pawn the watch Saturday afternoon, but dis covered the two detectives and attempt ed to escape They dropped the watch, which Detective Hamilton recovered, and in a few minutes he arrested them
 Yesterday afternoon Conductor Jones, who was in charge of the train, identi- fled the negroes as the two who board ed his train near Oxmoor on the night that the hold-up was committed. It seems that the negroes had a knife and forced Wells to give them everything he had. They will be tried today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-11

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-11
TRADES COUNCIL MEETS.
Officers Are Nominated to Serve the
 Next Six Months.

The Birmingham Trades Council at its first meeting of the year, held yes terday afternoon in the Labor Temple, nominated officers to serve six months commencing February l. The election will take place two weeks later, and immediately after the election officers will be installed. E The following nominations were made yesterday afternoon:
 For President-D. U. Williams. w. F. Mccartney, F. x. Waldhorst and w. w. Bradbury
 For Vice President-W. w. Bradbury Len Teal. Ed K. Smith. George Lock wood, William Cherry
 For Secretary--Harry L. White, Len Teal.
 For Treasurer-John vonreeden, Len Teal.
 For Sergeant at Arms-P. H. Moore. J. Swagerty.
 For Doorkeeper-W. J. Crockett, c. c. Cochran.
 For Trustees-Thomas Hall, F. x. Waldhorst, w. F. Mccartney M. D. Friedman, w. G. Black, Ed K. Smith, William H. Cherry.
 For Press Agent-C. c. Hudson, Ed K Smith.
 President D. U. Williams presided at the meeting which was the largest held by the Trades Council for several months. Matters of interest to local unions were discussed at length.
 The meeting lasted for several hours.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-11
ROBSON ASKS FOR JOINT
 DEBATE WITH BANKHEAD

Captain Richmond Pearson Hobson last night authorized the Age-Herald to say that he would be candidate for representative from the Sixth Alabama district to succeed Col. J. II. Bankhead
 The announcement was made over the long distance telephone from Tuscaloosa where he spent part of yesterday. In speaking of the matter he said:
 T Win be a candidate, subject to the action of the democratic primary, to sue ceed Col. J. H. Bankhead the present in cumbent, and I issue a challange to him to meet me in joint debate in the various towns and county seats of the counties in the Sixth district.
 sThe debates can be held at any time that may be decided in the future, and the places are also a matter to be de-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-11
CIGARS AND TOBACCO STOLEN.
Burglars Enter Store Rooms of R. D.
 Burnett Go.

On Thursday night, burglars entered the store rooms of the R. D. Burnett Cigar company, in the basement of the old First National Bank building, a; the corner of First avenue and Twentieth street, and stole cigars and tobacco to the amount of about $225
 The manner in which the cdrgIar gained entrance has not yet been discovered. and 1t is puzzling the police and the propriet- tors of the place. The basement of the building is used to store cigars and to- bacco. and there were thousands of dol- lars worth of smoking goods in it. The burglar carried away 120 boxes of Cremo cigars. each of which contained fifty ci- gars.
 Two cases of Dukes Mixture tobacco, each case containing twenty-five pounds of tobacco. is also missing. Stock was taken Friday. but it will be impossible to tell for several days if anything else is gone.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-11

cided on. I authorize the Age-Herald to make this as my official announcement. will be In Birmingham tomorrow"
 The announcement of Captain Hobson has been expected for some time, as several of his friends have stated on diff ferent occasions that he would certainly be a candidate.
 The democratic primary to which he Is subject will be held just three months from tomorrow. A great deal of the time between now and the date of the primary will be taken up in canvassng the dis trict, and Captain Hobson feels confident that he will receive the nomination.
 Captain Hobson will send personal let ters to all the papers in the Sixth dis trict within the next day or two, and within a short time will take up the ac- tive canvass.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-11
RAILROAD WORLD.

The announcement of the sudden death of Theodore D. Kline. general manager of the Central of Georgia railroad. in sa- vannah early yesterday morning is re- ceived with regret in Birmingham, where MT. Kline was well known in rail- road circles
 At the meeting of the Central of Georgia, held in December, when John M. Eagan retired as president of the road. Mir. Kline was made general man. ager, being promoted from the office of general superintendent. MT. Kline was with the Central for nearly twenty years. serving as general superintendent for about eighteen years. He entered the railroad service many years ago as an apprentice in railroad shops at Richmond. Mir. Kline served as fireman, then en- gineer and in almost every capacity up to general manager.
 The permit for the erection of the new passenger station at Atlanta has been issued by the building inspector of that city The structure will cost $35O, 900 ac- cording to the permit.
 The American Association of General Passenger and Ticket Agents has been called to meet in St. Louis on January 27 The call is made in pursuance to a resolution adopted at the New Orleans convention In October, when the asso- ciaticn accepted the invitation of the worlds fair management to visit St. Louis and inspect the buildings and grounds. The passenger men will con- fer on the question of rates for the worlds fair season at the meeting.
 Bids for the transportation during the coming year of enlisted men of the United States navy and marine corps have been asked from the various rail- roads by the navy department
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-11
sEALsKIN WRAP STOLEN.
Thief Enters Residence of j. E. Camp
 bell, 1911 Park Avenue.

A thief stole a seal skin wrap from Mrs. J. E. Campbell, who lives at 1911 Park avenue, last week and as yet the police have been unable to find any traces of the stolen article.
 The wrap was in Mrs. Campbelrs room on the second floor of the residence and 1t was not missed until Thursday night. The matter has been reported to the po- lice. The wrap is described as being a very handsome affair.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-11
AdeIina Patti.

One of the most remarkable things about the most remarkable singer in the world, Adelina Patti, is the fact that she Is never sick. She never disappoints an audience. So far this season she has been booked for twenty-four concerts and she has sung at twenty-four. One was cancelled in Newark, N. J., but it was replaced by another i'll Cleveland. o. so that everything has gone precisely ac- cording to contract.
 This reliability on the part of Patti is one of the most favorable points in her composition so far as managers are con- cerned. She is travelling from one end of the country to another, one day with the thermometer at 30 and two days af- ter with the thermometer at 20 below yet her singing and her health never with other singers younger than Patti who are constantly disappointing their manager and putting him to extra an- noyance and expense-Pattis reliability is little less than marvellous.
 It Is gratifying to be able to say also that this courtesy Is bearing it's reward. Her audiences of late have been immense She drew over six thousand people in Minneapolis and about seven thousand to the Tabernacle in Salt Lake City, and on Thursday night she sang in San Francisco to an audience that amounted up to very nearly $15,000.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-11
KILLS THE WOMAN
 WHOM HE LOVED Parental Objection Causes Me- gro to Commit Crime. HE MAKES A CONFESSION Says He Tried to Get His Sweetheart to Kill Him, and When She Re-
 fused to Do So He Decided
 to Kill Her.
HE MAKES A CONFESSION

You won't kill me, so I will kill you negro, put a bullet through the head of his sweetheart, Minnie Crenshaw. In skirt of woods near Copeand's brick yard yesterday morning at 12 o'clock. He shot her three times after she had fallen to the ground all the bullets taking ef- feet in the right temple. Braham made no attempt to escape He was captured and hurried away to Birmingham, where he is confined in the county jail. The killing caused considerable excitement among the negroes.
 It was a case of loving too well but not wisely. The unfortunate man and woman were madly in love but parental objection kept them from getting mar ried. Minnie and Jud were taking q stroll and had been walking hand In hand. As they approached the woods opposite the brick yard several persons on the way home from church were startled by the report of four pistol shots.
 Several Eye Witnesses.
 A number of persons were near by when the killing took place, and there are said to have been some eye witnesses.
 Minnie and Jud had known each other all their lives.
 He went to Pratt city from Selma a few months ago and has been employ ed at No l mines He has an excellent reputation as a polite and law-abiding negro. Minnie was highly cultured and was a teacher in the negro public schools at Adamsville.
 After the news ai the murder had spread over Pralt City, the negroes ex- pressed great indignation and there was some little talk of doing the negro vio- lence. Everything last night, however, had quilted down.
 Last night. at the county Jail. Braham refused at first to discuss the matter, but when questioned at length, said.
 Makes Confession.
 Minnie and l were reared together. We attended school at Selma University for several months. She graduated from that institute, but I quit school before receiv- ing my diploma. We have been sweet hearts since October, 1902. I have lived in Selma all my life. where l have many friends among the white people. I came to Pratt City last July There was some objection to our marriage on the part of her parents"
 Braham Is a bright, mulato negro, and talks cooly about his crime. He Is ex- tremely absent minded at times, and shows that he has been breeding over troubles for some time. When he speaks of the girl he killed, he grows peculiarly tender. q love her better than I did my llfe,' he said. We were at one time en- gagged. but were not at the time l killed her l tried to get her to kill me. but she refused. and I have killed her. That is all"
 In speaking of her parents and of his. he stated:
 'I want to say that my parents are in no way responsible for my act. Minnie { mother, also, Is one of the finest women I ever knew I want it understood that committed the deed in my right senses. ''